Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the treatment of students receiving a high school equivalency certificate in calculating dropout rates in public schools.
Author:
Chisum | Rose | Bohac | Parker | King, Phil
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by organizations engaged primarily in performing charitable functions.
Author:
Chisum | Laubenberg | Flynn
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to marriage education courses for certain couples filing for divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
Author:
Chisum | Cohen | Naishtat | Thompson | Branch
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
02/24/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption:
Relating to the operation of health care sharing ministries.
Author:
Chisum | Edwards
Last Action:
03/17/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the operation of health care sharing organizations.
Author:
Chisum | Maldonado
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/14/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the purchase or lease by state agencies of vehicles using alternative fuels.
Author:
Chisum
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of funeral services, funeral homes, cemeteries, and crematories; providing penalties.
Author:
Chisum | Hancock | Burnam | Hartnett
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the development of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in this state.
Author:
Chisum | Raymond | Davis, John | Gonzales | Hopson
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to creating the health care access fund to recruit health care providers in health professional shortage areas and to support federally-qualified health centers and to using for those purposes revenue from a tax imposed on certain tobacco products.
Author:
Chisum | Homer
Last Action:
03/10/2009 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to county road materials.
Author:
Chisum | Gallego | Merritt | Gonzales | Corte
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/25/2009 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an interoperable statewide emergency radio infrastructure and the establishment of an emergency radio infrastructure account.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of alternative fuels by a county mass transit authority.
Author:
Chisum | Homer
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the renewal of certain expired licenses or registrations.
Author:
Chisum
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the abolition of the Texas Environmental Education Partnership Fund.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/30/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the Childress County Hospital District.
Author:
Chisum | Chavez
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to contracts by governmental entities for professional services relating to geoscience and landscape architecture.
Author:
Chisum | Chavez
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the public practice of geoscience.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to grants to school district and countywide public school transportation systems to be used to pay costs in purchasing school buses capable of using propane as fuel.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board of a carbon dioxide sequestration or emissions offset program.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the acceptance of a voter for voting.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the idling of motor vehicles.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to costs incurred by certain persons in relation to complaints filed with the Railroad Commission of Texas against gas utilities.
Author:
Chisum
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/23/2009 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Castro County Hospital District.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/06/2009 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption:
Relating to the North Wheeler County Hospital District.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of certain electric cooperatives from certain regulations.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to Technology, Economic Development & Workforce
Caption:
Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Essential Workers Program.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney of Swisher County and the election and duties of the district attorney for the 64th Judicial District.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the funds consolidation process and the use of state revenue dedicated by law for a particular purpose.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler specialists by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to repayment assistance for certain physician education loans.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Texas Center for Sustainable Business.
Author:
Chisum | Farrar
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to "no regrets" greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/08/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the definition of "operator" in relation to the regulation of a solid waste facility.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a school district to impose ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to fuel quality testing.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to regulate the drilling of oil and gas wells.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Gray County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of groundwater by the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District.
Author:
Chisum | Thompson | Cohen | Giddings
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to fund programs supporting victims of sexual assault.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
Commending the Governor William P. Clements, Jr., Scholars on their service to their state and nation.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
01/14/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jan 14 2009 4:10PM
Caption:
Granting the Texas DeMolay Association permission to use the house chamber on February 21 and 22, 2009.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
03/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 19 2009 7:50AM
Caption:
Honoring Ware Chevrolet Buick Pontiac on the 60th anniversary of its founding.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/02/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 2 2009 12:15PM
Caption:
In memory of Mavis L. Cook of Amarillo.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/08/2009 H Referred to House Administration
Caption:
Granting the Texas DeMolay Association permission to use the house chamber on February 20 and 21, 2010.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 4 2009 12:36PM
Caption:
Congratulating Don and Shirley Creacy of Fritch on their 50th wedding anniversary.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
04/30/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 30 2009 7:53AM
Caption:
Congratulating the High Ground of Texas on its 20th anniversary.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption:
Granting the Texas DeMolay Association permission to use the house chamber on February 20 and 21, 2010.
Author:
Chisum
Last Action:
06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption:
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1796.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Truitt | Chisum | Sheffield | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of laser hair removal facilities; providing penalties.
Author:
Eissler | Chisum | Button | Leibowitz | Bohac
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of dyslexia practitioners and therapists; providing penalties.
Author:
Villarreal | Chisum
Last Action:
05/04/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to licensing requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services for certain facilities and homes providing child care.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Anderson | Aycock | Gonzalez Toureilles | Chisum
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation and administration of the rural veterinarian loan repayment program.
Author:
Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle
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.
Author:
Crownover | Hardcastle | Farabee | Chisum | Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the plugging of certain inactive oil or gas wells and to standards for electrical power lines serving certain oil and gas facilities.
Author:
Turner, Sylvester | Chisum | Otto | Eiland | Menendez
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the tax imposed on certain tobacco products.
Author:
Strama | Marquez | Rodriguez | Lucio III | Chisum
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation, operation, and funding of the Texas Sustainable Youth Program.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Chisum | Rios Ybarra | Christian
Last Action:
04/08/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the School of Ethics, Western Civilization, and American Traditions at The University of Texas at Austin.
Author:
Phillips | Swinford | Smithee | Chisum | Homer
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating the American quarter horse as the official State Horse of Texas.
Author:
Swinford | Lewis | Craddick | Jones | Chisum
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to designate the overpass at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 338 in Odessa as the Buddy West Memorial Overpass.
Author:
Howard, Donna | Anchia | Eissler | Chisum | Dutton
Last Action:
05/11/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to create the Permanent School Fund Management Council to assume the duty of the State Board of Education to manage the permanent school fund and to allow the School Land Board to transfer funds from the permanent school fund to the available school fund.
Author:
Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts
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.
Author:
Aycock | Chisum
Last Action:
02/11/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 11 2009 8:13AM
Caption:
Honoring former state representative David Counts for his many years of service as a Freemason.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Callegari | Swinford | Chisum
Last Action:
03/17/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 17 2009 7:45AM
Caption:
Honoring Benjamin Nicholas Hughes of College Station for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.
Author:
Swinford | Smithee | Chisum
Last Action:
02/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 25 2009 1:39PM
Caption:
Honoring B&W Pantex on earning an outstanding performance rating from the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Author:
Swinford | Smithee | Chisum | Heflin
Last Action:
02/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 25 2009 1:39PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 24, 2009, as Panhandle Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Smithee | Swinford | Chisum
Last Action:
02/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 25 2009 1:39PM
Caption:
In memory of U.S. Army Specialist Brandon A. Meyer of Canyon.
Author:
Swinford | Chisum | Darby | Heflin | Smithee
Last Action:
03/27/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 27 2009 7:55AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 25, 2009, as Texas Wind Energy Day at the State Capitol.