Texas Legislature

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:

Otto | Oliveira | Darby | Quintanilla | Elkins

Allen | Branch | Harless | Moody | Parker | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10

Relating to certain studies and reviews of appraisal districts conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.

Author:

Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.

04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

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:

Branch | Cohen | Patrick | Crabb

Bohac | Button | Crownover | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.

05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.

Author:

Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee

Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

Author:

Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton

Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.

04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.

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:

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:

Jackson, Jim | Brown, Betty | Legler | Flynn | Paxton

Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.

04/30/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

Relating to the cancellation of the voter registration and to the eligibility to vote of persons who are deceased or not citizens of the United States.

Author:

Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes

Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.

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

Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.

Author:

Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.

05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.

Author:

Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge

Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.

04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.

Author:

Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.

04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

Author:

Creighton | Eiland | Ortiz, Jr.

Aycock | Harless | Riddle | Veasey | Weber

05/01/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice

Relating to the penalty for certain property offenses committed during certain declared states of disaster.

Author:

Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield

Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.

05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance

Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.

Author:

Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.

02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations

Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.

Author:

Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt

Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al.

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired.

Author:

Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al.

05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.

Author:

Walle | Riddle | Crabb | Thompson | Hernandez

Bohac | Fletcher | Harless | Vo

05/04/2009 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations

Relating to the adoption of noise regulations by certain counties; providing a criminal penalty.

Author:

Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.

04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents.

Author:

Brown, Fred | Quintanilla | Callegari | Deshotel | Darby

Brown, Betty | Button | Chavez | Davis, John | Driver | et al.

02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education

Relating to curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.

Author:

Christian | Gattis | Miller, Sid | Anderson | Kolkhorst

Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.

04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.

Author:

Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari

Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.

03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

Author:

Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira

Berman | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Farabee | et al.

04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to public school finance.

Author:

Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira

Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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:

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:

King, Phil | Hughes | Anderson | Isett | Flynn

Berman | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Christian | Crownover | et al.

05/02/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.

Author:

Hughes

Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.

05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions.

Author:

Gattis | Oliveira | Paxton | Pena | Harper-Brown

Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | et al.

Ogden

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to the procedure to be used by a taxing unit in adopting an ad valorem tax rate.

Author:

Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst

Bonnen | Button | Chisum | Cook | Darby | et al.

04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements.

Author:

Kolkhorst | Christian | Aycock

Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Harless | Laubenberg | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to establish uniform standards for publishing cost of attendance information, to conduct student course evaluations of faculty, and to make certain information available on the Internet.

Author:

Paxton | Hughes

Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Creighton | Crownover | et al.

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the availability of certain county financial information on certain counties' Internet websites.

Author:

McClendon | Davis, Yvonne | Phillips | Harper-Brown | Smith, Todd

Edwards | Harless

Carona

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the creation, organization, governance, duties, and functions of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, including the transfer of certain duties to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, and to the regulation of certain franchised motor vehicle dealers; providing a penalty.

Author:

Otto | Oliveira | Hilderbran | Heflin | Kolkhorst

Aycock | Button | Callegari | Flynn | Harless | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards.

Author:

Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt

Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10

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.

Author:

Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.

Williams

06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date

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.

Author:

Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins

Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.

05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.

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:

Weber

Callegari | Christian | Flynn | Harless | Hughes | et al.

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing school district employees to make charitable contributions.

Author:

Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock

Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.

Shapiro

06/19/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools.

Author:

Oliveira | Paxton | Hopson | Callegari | Creighton

Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

Patrick, Dan

06/16/2009 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.

Author:

Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen

Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.

05/31/2009 S Received from the House

Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

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.