Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Robert Nichols
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 11/7/2024

Number of Bills: 15

SB 18 Author: Estes | Duncan
Coauthor: Patrick | Nichols | Deuell | Eltife | Hegar | et al.
Sponsor: Geren | Oliveira | Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

SB 124 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Shapiro | Nichols | Carona | Nelson
Last Action: 01/31/2011 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty.

SB 178 Author: Fraser | Birdwell | Carona | Duncan | Estes | et al.
Coauthor: Nichols | Hegar | Deuell
Last Action: 11/08/2010 S Filed
Caption: Relating to requirements to vote, including presenting proof of identification; providing criminal penalties.

SB 228 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Nichols
Last Action: 05/18/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to reporting requirements for institutions of higher education conducting human stem cell research.

SB 252 Author: Jackson
Coauthor: Nichols
Sponsor: Phillips | Guillen
Last Action: 05/18/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the management, breeding, and destruction of deer and to procedures regarding certain deer permits.

SB 257 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Nichols | Birdwell | Patrick | Nelson
Sponsor: Phillips | Schwertner | Chisum | Paxton
Last Action: 05/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

SB 371 Author: Seliger
Coauthor: Nichols | Uresti | Carona | Davis
Sponsor: Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III
Last Action: 05/24/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

SB 390 Author: Hegar
Coauthor: Nichols
Sponsor: Kuempel
Last Action: 05/25/2011 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm.
Caption: Relating to the continuing issuance of freshwater fishing stamps by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

SB 766 Author: Estes
Coauthor: Birdwell | Deuell | Nichols
Sponsor: Isaac
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the liability of a sport shooting range and the regulation of firearms, ammunition, firearm supplies, and sport shooting ranges.

SB 1831 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Nichols
Sponsor: Miller, Doug
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the designation of the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail as a historic highway.

SB 1843 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Estes | Wentworth | Hegar | Hinojosa | Van de Putte | et al.
Sponsor: Frullo | Gallego | Hartnett | Christian | Davis, Yvonne
Last Action: 05/25/2011 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to investigations of certain offenses involving the Internet-based sexual exploitation of a minor; creating the Internet crimes against children account to support those activities.

SB 1930 Author: Nelson
Coauthor: Nichols
Last Action: 05/12/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of the composition of hydraulic fracturing fluids used in hydraulic fracturing treatments.

SCR 1 Author: Hegar | Nelson
Coauthor: Nichols | Patrick
Last Action: 02/02/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Claiming 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 United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, affirming that the right to keep and bear arms was reserved to the states, and providing that all compulsory federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

SCR 36 Author: Williams | Fraser | Hinojosa | Huffman | Lucio | et al.
Coauthor: Eltife | Carona | Wentworth | Shapiro | Nelson | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis.

SJR 1 Author: Ogden | Shapiro
Coauthor: Eltife | Patrick | Nichols | Fraser
Last Action: 03/08/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select
Caption: Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the United States apply to Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment.

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