Texas Legislature

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:

Truitt

Kent

05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to transportation funding in this state.

Author:

Corte | Guillen | Maldonado | Flores | Gattis

Aycock | Button | Edwards | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kent | et al.

04/07/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to resident tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and their spouses and children.

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 | Anchia | Giddings | Oliveira | Crownover

Alonzo | Berman | Button | Driver | Harper-Brown | et al.

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

Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.

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:

McClendon | Thompson | Gallego | Hodge | Pierson

Alvarado | Burnam | Chavez | Gutierrez | Kent | et al.

Ellis

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

Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to assist with a study regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions.

Author:

Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis

Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.

05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

Author:

Naishtat | Herrero | Edwards | Menendez | Leibowitz

Guillen | Kent | King, Susan | Maldonado | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.

Van de Putte

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

Relating to the establishment of the Legislative Committee on Aging and other initiatives relating to the aging population of this state.

Author:

Ortiz, Jr. | Chavez | Coleman | Cook | Lucio III

Kent

05/19/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person under 18 years of age while using a wireless communications device.

Author:

Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen

Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Farias | et al.

03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.

Author:

Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer

Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.

Deuell

04/23/2009 E Effective immediately

Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

Author:

Turner, Chris | Turner, Sylvester | Geren | Menendez | Bohac

Gonzales | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Kuempel | Pierson | et al.

05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to notice of expiration and price change in certain retail electric service contracts.

Author:

Turner, Sylvester | Harless | Thibaut | Edwards | Leibowitz

Giddings | Kent | Pena

Fraser

05/26/2009 S Co-sponsor authorized

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.

Author:

Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr.

Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.

05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program.

Author:

Button

Driver | Giddings | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Sheffield

Carona

05/20/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10

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.

Author:

Harper-Brown | Flynn | Laubenberg | Guillen | Herrero

Berman | Brown, Betty | Hopson | Kent | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.

04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee

Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for a limited period.

Author:

Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings

Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al.

Deuell

05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM

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:

Button | Driver | Hardcastle | Gonzalez Toureilles | Rios Ybarra

Brown, Betty | Crabb | Kent | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug | et al.

Deuell

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

Relating to the licensing and regulation of health-related pest control by the Department of Agriculture.

Author:

Thompson | Pitts | Geren | Alonzo | Gonzales

Flores | Guillen | Kent | Leibowitz | Pena

Gallegos

05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families.

Author:

Anchia | Walle | Hodge | Miklos | Thibaut

Alvarado | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | et al.

03/02/2009 H Referred to Insurance

Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates.

Author:

Walle | Martinez Fischer | Moody | Ortiz, Jr. | Leibowitz

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

Ellis

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

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.

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:

Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Branch | Hodge | Isett

Gonzales | Guillen | Jones | Kent | King, Susan | et al.

Duncan

05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09

Relating to compensation of and services to persons wrongfully imprisoned.

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:

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:

Smithee | Hardcastle | Eiland | Bohac | Alonzo

Burnam | Flores | Gonzales | Herrero | Jackson, Jim | et al.

Averitt

05/30/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10

Relating to premium discounts for certain participants in the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool and to funding for those discounts through certain penalties.

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:

Miller, Doug | Truitt | Herrero | Hunter | Gutierrez

Bohac | Brown, Fred | Button | Christian | Davis, John | et al.

Duncan

06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor

Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

Author:

Villarreal | Farrar

Kent

05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth.

Author:

Shelton | Zerwas | Rose | Pitts | Naishtat

Coleman | Davis, John | Dukes | Gonzales | Hartnett | et al.

04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.

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:

Pierson | Eiland | Gutierrez | Dunnam

Anchia | Berman | Coleman | Deshotel | England | et al.

04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to local option alcoholic beverage elections to change the status of an existing voting unit.

Author:

Geren | Rose | Callegari | Gattis | Ortiz, Jr.

Kent | Leibowitz

Van de Putte

05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar

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.

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:

Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer

Anchia | Burnam | Button | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.

05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars

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.

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:

Anchia | Naishtat | Marquez | Burnam | Menendez

Castro | Farrar | Hernandez | Kent | Olivo | et al.

03/16/2009 H Referred to State Affairs

Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security consider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families with children.

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:

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:

Keffer | Kuempel | Pierson | England | Miklos

Alvarado | Christian | Edwards | Eiland | Herrero | et al.

03/09/2009 H Referred to Appropriations

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.

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:

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.