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.
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.
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.
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.
Author:
Rodriguez | Walle | Guillen
Coauthor:
Burnam | Chavez
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the collection of recyclable material from buildings under the jurisdiction of the State Preservation Board.
Author:
Lucio III | Marquez | Rios Ybarra | Guillen
Coauthor:
Chavez
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to course credit for certain students at a public institution of higher education.
Author:
Raymond | Alvarado | Swinford
Coauthor:
Chavez
Last Action:
04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.
Author:
Raymond
Coauthor:
Chavez
Last Action:
02/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to a grant program for after-school child-care programs provided by school districts.
Author:
King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
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.
Author:
Geren | Sheffield | Aycock | King, Susan | Strama
Coauthor:
Chavez | Maldonado | Moody | Pickett | Truitt | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
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.
Author:
Anchia | Hughes | Lucio III | Alvarado | Weber
Coauthor:
Chavez | Naishtat
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to civil liability for the trafficking of persons.
Author:
Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Edwards | Crownover
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Button | Chavez | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the electronic distribution of information to legislators by state agencies.
Author:
Thompson | Anchia | Burnam | Naishtat | Christian
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Chavez | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | Leibowitz | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Martinez Fischer | Pitts | Gallego | Berman | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/13/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.
Author:
Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating 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.
Author:
Rodriguez | Naishtat | Herrero | Hughes | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Chavez | Walle
Last Action:
05/02/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to employment services for persons with disabilities.
Author:
Chisum | Cohen | Naishtat | Thompson | Branch
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
Author:
Hochberg | Rose | Maldonado
Coauthor:
Chavez
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a grant available to school districts to provide services to students with disabilities.
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.
Author:
Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Miklos | Kent | Mallory Caraway
Coauthor:
Chavez | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the hours worked during a week by firefighters in certain municipalities.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Quintanilla | Callegari | Deshotel | Darby
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Button | Chavez | Davis, John | Driver | et al.
Last Action:
02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.
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.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Ortiz, Jr. | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund.
Author:
Menendez | Homer | Geren | Gattis | Pitts
Coauthor:
Bohac | Bonnen | Chavez | Edwards | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to continued health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.
Author:
Strama | Gonzales | Anchia | Lucio III | Pierson
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to bullying and harassment in public schools.
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.
Author:
Thompson
Coauthor:
Chavez | Olivo
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the practice of nursing; providing civil penalties.
Author:
Driver | Menendez | Guillen | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Chavez | Miller, Sid | Veasey
Last Action:
05/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to injury leave and related benefits for certain state peace officers injured in the course of performance of duty.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.
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.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Martinez Fischer | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the provision of commercial mobile service to customers.
Author:
Chisum | Raymond | Davis, John | Gonzales | Hopson
Coauthor:
Allen | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Chavez | et al.
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:
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.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland
Coauthor:
Allen | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the provision of video programming service to consumers.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the provision of Internet service to consumers.
Author:
Howard, Donna | Anchia | Branch | Eissler | Guillen
Coauthor:
Chavez | Leibowitz
Last Action:
05/04/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Permanent School Fund Management Council to manage the permanent school fund; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
King, Phil | Hughes | Anderson | Isett | Flynn
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Christian | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.
Author:
Olivo | Gonzales | Naishtat | Turner, Sylvester | Corte
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day.
Author:
Thompson
Coauthor:
Chavez
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the provision of and billing for certain diagnostic imaging services.
Author:
Guillen | Moody | Riddle | Leibowitz | Marquez
Coauthor:
Chavez
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for certain fraud offenses committed against elderly individuals.
Author:
Farias
Coauthor:
Chavez
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption:
Relating to the extension of consumer credit to certain members of the Texas National Guard and armed forces of the United States and their dependents; providing a penalty.
Author:
Pickett | McClendon | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Chavez | Morrison
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to transportation planning and funding allocations.
Author:
Deshotel | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Edwards | Gonzales | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.
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.
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.
Author:
Gattis | Isett | Veasey | Truitt | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Chavez | Edwards | Eissler | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.
Author:
Hochberg | Eissler | Aycock | Pitts | Patrick
Coauthor:
Chavez | Edwards | Flores | Guillen | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school finance and programs.
Author:
Herrero | Marquez | Guillen
Coauthor:
Chavez
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to a staffing analysis of the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) and benefits eligibility determination processes.
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.
Author:
Truitt | Leibowitz | Crabb | Hopson | Woolley
Coauthor:
Castro | Chavez | Corte | Farias | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption:
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation facilitating a technology-based solution that allows consumers to subscribe to Internet services that exclude adult content.
Author:
Flores | Gonzalez Toureilles | Martinez, "Mando" | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to Administration
Caption:
Directing the State Preservation Board to amend its rules to allow the statue in honor of Tejanos to be placed on the south lawn of the Capitol.
Author:
Truitt
Coauthor:
Castro | Chavez | Corte | Farias | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Lucchese Boot Company.
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.
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.