| HB 786 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the boards of trustees of retirement systems for paid or partly paid firefighters. |
| HB 813 | Author: | Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego |
| Last Action: | 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized adjustment under the public school finance system. |
| HB 865 | Author: | Swinford |
| Sponsor: | Hegar | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee. |
| HB 957 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/06/2009 H Postponed | |
| Caption: | Relating to the eligibility of certain public officers to the legislature and prohibiting legislators from other public employment. |
| HB 1466 | Author: | Swinford |
| Sponsor: | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the theft of a military grave marker. |
| HB 1605 | Author: | Swinford | Heflin |
| Last Action: | 03/02/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement. |
| HB 1617 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 S Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to limited agricultural cooperatives; providing penalties. |
| HB 1651 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/03/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act. |
| HB 1690 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/03/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the appointment of a master in chancery for certain appeals to district court from an order of an appraisal review board or from certain orders of the comptroller of public accounts. |
| HB 2085 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to finance a convention center hotel in certain municipalities. |
| HB 2151 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a fuel ethanol and biodiesel producer loan guarantee program. |
| HB 2318 | Author: | Swinford | Guillen |
| Sponsor: | Duncan | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the fuel ethanol and biodiesel incentive program of the Department of Agriculture. |
| HB 2366 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of the Texas bioenergy fund. |
| HB 2503 | Author: | Swinford | Heflin | Jackson, Jim |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Subcommittee members named | |
| Caption: | Relating to agreements for limitations on appraised value under the Texas Economic Development Act. |
| HB 2520 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 04/30/2009 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. | |
| Caption: | Relating to the state's goal for electric generating capacity derived from emerging renewable energy resources. |
| HB 2812 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions. |
| HB 3405 | Author: | Swinford | Anchia |
| Last Action: | 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a solar generation incentive program. |
| HB 3406 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 04/24/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity. |
| HB 3498 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to an appeal of an order of an appraisal review board to a district court. |
| HB 3820 | Author: | Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones |
| Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General. |
| HB 3846 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/15/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec. | |
| Caption: | Relating to the requirement to wear safety apparel and seat belts while operating certain off-highway vehicles; changing the elements of an offense. |
| HB 3941 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/23/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to municipal ordinances governing the installation and operation of distributed renewable generation systems. |
| HB 4002 | Author: | Swinford | McReynolds | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kleinschmidt | Aycock |
| Sponsor: | Duncan | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the funding of the statewide wildfire protection plan at the Texas Forest Service. |
| HB 4133 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of the Texas Export Financial Assistance Guarantee Program. |
| HB 4239 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/05/2009 H No action taken in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a solar and distributed renewable generation incentive program. |
| HCR 119 | Author: | Swinford |
| Sponsor: | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Designating the Panhandle Region of Texas as an official Natural Renewable Resource Area. |
| HCR 174 | 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. |
| HR 529 | 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. |
| HR 541 | 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. |
| HR 885 | 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. |
| HR 1036 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 03/26/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 26 2009 7:53AM | |
| Caption: | Commending Warren Lasher and Dan Woodfin of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas for their award-winning work in behalf of renewable energy transmission infrastructure. |
| HR 1494 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Filed | |
| Caption: | In memory of Steve Wright Sterquell of Amarillo. |
| HR 1699 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2009 8:00AM | |
| Caption: | Recognizing the Texas A&M University Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program and Public Policy Internship Program and the interns for the 81st legislative session. |
| HR 1820 | Author: | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 8 2009 10:44AM | |
| Caption: | Honoring John Lemons on his retirement as superintendent of the Bushland Independent School District. |
| HB 104 | Author: | Strama | Crabb | Swinford | Naishtat |
| Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission. |
| HB 201 | Author: | Dukes | Swinford | McClendon |
| Last Action: | 02/17/2009 H Referred to Appropriations | |
| Caption: | Relating to state financial assistance to school districts that make contributions for social security coverage. |
| HB 325 | Author: | Raymond | Alvarado | Swinford |
| 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. |
| HB 1127 | Author: | Heflin | King, Susan | Swinford |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement. |
| HB 1231 | Author: | Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama | Crownover |
| Last Action: | 05/07/2009 H Postponed | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single railroad commissioner. |
| HB 1243 | Author: | Gallego | Farabee | Solomons | Swinford | Coleman |
| Sponsor: | Fraser | |
| Last Action: | 05/30/2009 H Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal | |
| Caption: | Relating to net metering for retail electric service customers and compensation for excess electricity generated by a retail electric customer's on-site generator. |
| HB 1425 | Author: | Lewis | Pitts | Craddick | Swinford |
| Sponsor: | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the determination of the population of a county required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program. |
| HB 1555 | Author: | Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira |
| Last Action: | 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to public school finance. |
| HB 1715 | Author: | Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford |
| 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. |
| HB 1918 | 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. |
| HB 2811 | Author: | Hardcastle | Deshotel | Solomons | Swinford | Gonzalez Toureilles |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
| Caption: | Relating to the implementation of and incentives for projects involving the capture, transportation, injection, sequestration, geologic storage, or abatement of carbon dioxide. |
| HB 3143 | Author: | Gonzalez Toureilles | Gonzales | Swinford | Rios Ybarra |
| Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to weight limits on a vehicle loaded with certain agricultural products. |
| HB 3676 | Author: | Heflin | Swinford | Strama | Kolkhorst | Gallego |
| Sponsor: | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act. |
| HB 4224 | Author: | Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown |
| Last Action: | 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the teaching of science in public schools. |
| HCR 53 | 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. |
| HJR 19 | Author: | Strama | Crabb | Swinford | Naishtat |
| Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts and revising constitutional redistricting procedures. |
| HJR 62 | Author: | Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama |
| Last Action: | 05/05/2009 H Failed of adoption | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single elected railroad commissioner. |
| HR 507 | 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. |
| HR 576 | 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. |