Bills Sent To Governor
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Bill | Author | Sponsor | Caption |
HB 21 | Kacal | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
HB 931 | Murphy | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to an individual’s eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual’s waiting period claim. |
HB 1114 | Gonzales, Larry | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority with whom certain political committees must file reports of political contributions and expenditures. |
HB 2778 | Elkins | Bettencourt | Relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. |
HB 3236 | Fletcher | Bettencourt | Relating to the extension of the portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. |
SB 449 | Bettencourt | Gonzales, Larry | Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. |
SB 849 | Bettencourt | Elkins | Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. |
SB 983 | Bettencourt | et al. | Schofield | Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. |
SB 1452 | Bettencourt | et al. | Huberty | Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
SB 2053 | Bettencourt | Riddle | Relating to the powers and duties of the Pine Forest Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax. |
SB 2056 | Bettencourt | et al. | Metcalf | Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SCR32 | Bettencourt | Wu | Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. |
Bill Co-Sponsored
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Bill | Author | Sponsor | Caption |
HB 10 | Thompson, Senfronia | et al. | Huffman | et al. | Relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related criminal offenses; to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment of those offenses, and to compensation paid to victims of those offenses. |
HB 21 | Kacal | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
HB 177 | Zedler | et al. | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the research, collection, and use of adult stem cells. |
HB 280 | Simmons | et al. | Perry | et al. | Relating to the information required to be posted by the Texas Water Development Board on the board’s Internet website regarding the use of the state water implementation fund for Texas. |
HB 315 | Raymond | et al. | Huffines | et al. | Relating to the issuance of “In God We Trust” specialty license plates. |
HB 590 | Elkins | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to the creation of research technology corporations for the development and commercialization of technologies owned by institutions of higher education or by certain medical centers with members that are institutions of higher education; providing for tax exemptions; providing a penalty. |
HB 904 | Smith | et al. | Huffman | et al. | Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate’s sentence. |
HB 910 | Phillips | et al. | Estes | et al. | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offenses. |
HB 931 | Murphy | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to an individual’s eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual’s waiting period claim. |
HB 984 | Deshotel | et al. | Creighton | et al. | Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. |
HB 1096 | Murphy | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the registrar. |
HB 1114 | Gonzales, Larry | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority with whom certain political committees must file reports of political contributions and expenditures. |
HB 1187 | Wray | et al. | Birdwell | et al. | Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle Memorial Highway. |
HB 1212 | Price | et al. | Schwertner | et al. | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act and the regulation and scheduling of certain substances. |
HB 1277 | Ashby | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to requirements for annexation of certain commercial or industrial areas by a general-law municipality. |
HB 1378 | Flynn | et al. | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the fiscal transparency of political subdivisions. |
HB 1417 | Elkins | Creighton | et al. | Relating to peace officer identification cards. |
HB 1681 | Bohac | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual to present photo identification to file certain documents. |
HB 1690 | King, Phil | et al. | Huffman | et al. | Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. |
HB 1879 | Smith | Bettencourt | Relating to exemptions from continuing education requirements for certain county commissioners. |
HB 1992 | Zerwas | et al. | Seliger | et al. | Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education. |
HB 2027 | Bonnen, Greg | et al. | Hancock | et al. | Relating to establishing precincts for elections held on a uniform election date by certain political subdivisions. |
HB 2160 | Paul | Bettencourt | Relating to the release of election judges’ and clerks’ contact information. |
HB 2778 | Elkins | Bettencourt | Relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. |
HB 2896 | Parker | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. |
HB 2919 | Raney | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to an energy efficiency pilot program for state-owned buildings operated by the Texas Facilities Commission. |
HB 3067 | Coleman | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations. |
HB 3236 | Fletcher | Bettencourt | Relating to the extension of the portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. |
HB 3364 | Schofield | Bettencourt | Relating to the appeal of a judgment in an eviction suit. |
HB 3951 | Huberty | Bettencourt | Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property; creating a criminal offense. |
HB 3994 | Morrison | et al. | Perry | et al. | Relating to notice of and consent to an abortion for a minor and associated requirements; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. |
HB 4206 | Riddle | Bettencourt | Relating to the powers and duties of the Dowdell Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. |
HJR64 | Elkins | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by or leased to or by a university research technology corporation. |
HJR77 | Miller, Rick | et al. | Bettencourt | et al. | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. |
SB 182 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rates of certain taxing units. | |
SB 449 | Bettencourt | Gonzales, Larry | Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. |
SB 515 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. | |
SB 516 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods from ad valorem taxation. | |
SB 567 | Bettencourt | Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | |
SB 568 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to a classroom visual aid stipend for public school classroom teachers. | |
SB 576 | Bettencourt | Relating to an individual’s eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual’s waiting period claim. | |
SB 642 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. | |
SB 694 | Bettencourt | et al. | Kacal | et al. | Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
SB 752 | Bettencourt | et al. | Murphy | Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax. |
SB 758 | Bettencourt | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. | |
SB 762 | Bettencourt | et al. | Elkins | et al. | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
SB 763 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain income-producing tangible personal property. | |
SB 766 | Bettencourt | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit. | |
SB 767 | Bettencourt | Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate. | |
SB 849 | Bettencourt | Elkins | Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. |
SB 965 | Bettencourt | Schofield | Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. |
SB 966 | Bettencourt | Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury. | |
SB 967 | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records. | |
SB 982 | Bettencourt | Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. | |
SB 983 | Bettencourt | et al. | Schofield | Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. |
SB 984 | Bettencourt | Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code. | |
SB 985 | Bettencourt | Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place. | |
SB 986 | Bettencourt | Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | |
SB 1003 | Bettencourt | Schaefer | Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education. |
SB 1004 | Bettencourt | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. |
SB 1013 | Bettencourt | Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. | |
SB 1015 | Bettencourt | Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense. | |
SB 1041 | Bettencourt | et al. | Flynn | Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. |
SB 1042 | Bettencourt | Relating to fiscal transparency and accountability of certain political subdivisions. | |
SB 1062 | Bettencourt | Relating to the registration and certification of county tax assessor-collectors and their employees. | |
SB 1215 | Bettencourt | Relating to a study of the feasibility and benefits to this state of abolishing the property tax assistance division of the office of the comptroller of public accounts and transferring its powers and duties to an independent agency. | |
SB 1216 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | |
SB 1217 | Bettencourt | Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings. | |
SB 1218 | Bettencourt | Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | |
SB 1219 | Bettencourt | Relating to a combined online application for persons applying for certain state and local economic development incentives. | |
SB 1220 | Bettencourt | Relating to tax increment financing. | |
SB 1221 | Bettencourt | Relating to public school class size limits. | |
SB 1222 | Bettencourt | Huberty | Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to issue subpoenas during an investigation of educator misconduct. |
SB 1223 | Bettencourt | Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. | |
SB 1335 | Bettencourt | Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. | |
SB 1452 | Bettencourt | et al. | Huberty | Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
SB 1459 | Bettencourt | Bohac | Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
SB 1460 | Bettencourt | Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts. | |
SB 1680 | Bettencourt | Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by a taxing unit. | |
SB 1692 | Bettencourt | Relating to the establishment of a limit on the maximum ad valorem tax rate of a county or municipality for a tax year based on inflation and the rate of population growth. | |
SB 1693 | Bettencourt | Relating to the exemption of certain inventory from ad valorem taxation by a school district. | |
SB 1694 | Bettencourt | Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation. | |
SB 1782 | Bettencourt | Relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of the sales and use tax on aircraft. | |
SB 1783 | Bettencourt | Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. | |
SB 1807 | Bettencourt | Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes; authorizing a fee. | |
SB 1808 | Bettencourt | Relating to the confidentiality and use of information related to a taxpayer subject to audit by the comptroller. | |
SB 1809 | Bettencourt | Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals. | |
SB 1981 | Bettencourt | Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property. | |
SB 1994 | Bettencourt | Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. | |
SB 2051 | Bettencourt | Relating to the study of public education performance. | |
SB 2053 | Bettencourt | Riddle | Relating to the powers and duties of the Pine Forest Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax. |
SB 2056 | Bettencourt | et al. | Metcalf | Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SB 2059 | Bettencourt | Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. | |
SJR28 | Bettencourt | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | |
SJR29 | Bettencourt | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. | |
SJR35 | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. | |
SJR36 | Bettencourt | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000. | |
SJR56 | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person’s inventory. | |
SJR57 | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and extending the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its temporary location in this state may remain located in this state before forfeiting the right to the exemption. | |
All Bills Signed On To
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Bill | Author | Sponsor | Caption |
HB 10 | Thompson, Senfronia | et al. | Huffman | et al. | Relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related criminal offenses; to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment of those offenses, and to compensation paid to victims of those offenses. |
HB 21 | Kacal | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
HB 32 | Bonnen, Dennis | et al. | Nelson | et al. | Relating to the computation and rates of the franchise tax; decreasing tax rates. |
HB 177 | Zedler | et al. | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the research, collection, and use of adult stem cells. |
HB 280 | Simmons | et al. | Perry | et al. | Relating to the information required to be posted by the Texas Water Development Board on the board’s Internet website regarding the use of the state water implementation fund for Texas. |
HB 315 | Raymond | et al. | Huffines | et al. | Relating to the issuance of “In God We Trust” specialty license plates. |
HB 590 | Elkins | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to the creation of research technology corporations for the development and commercialization of technologies owned by institutions of higher education or by certain medical centers with members that are institutions of higher education; providing for tax exemptions; providing a penalty. |
HB 904 | Smith | et al. | Huffman | et al. | Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate’s sentence. |
HB 910 | Phillips | et al. | Estes | et al. | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offenses. |
HB 931 | Murphy | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to an individual’s eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual’s waiting period claim. |
HB 984 | Deshotel | et al. | Creighton | et al. | Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. |
HB 1096 | Murphy | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the registrar. |
HB 1114 | Gonzales, Larry | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority with whom certain political committees must file reports of political contributions and expenditures. |
HB 1187 | Wray | et al. | Birdwell | et al. | Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle Memorial Highway. |
HB 1212 | Price | et al. | Schwertner | et al. | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act and the regulation and scheduling of certain substances. |
HB 1277 | Ashby | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to requirements for annexation of certain commercial or industrial areas by a general-law municipality. |
HB 1378 | Flynn | et al. | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the fiscal transparency and accountability of political subdivisions. |
HB 1417 | Elkins | Creighton | et al. | Relating to peace officer identification cards. |
HB 1681 | Bohac | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual to present photo identification to file certain documents in certain counties. |
HB 1690 | King, Phil | et al. | Huffman | et al. | Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. |
HB 1879 | Smith | Bettencourt | Relating to exemptions from continuing education requirements for certain county commissioners. |
HB 1992 | Zerwas | et al. | Seliger | et al. | Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education. |
HB 2027 | Bonnen, Greg | et al. | Hancock | et al. | Relating to establishing precincts for elections held on a uniform election date by certain political subdivisions. |
HB 2160 | Paul | Bettencourt | Relating to the release of election judges’ and clerks’ contact information. |
HB 2778 | Elkins | Bettencourt | Relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. |
HB 2896 | Parker | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. |
HB 2919 | Raney | et al. | Bettencourt | Relating to an energy efficiency pilot program for state-owned buildings operated by the Texas Facilities Commission. |
HB 3067 | Coleman | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations. |
HB 3236 | Fletcher | Bettencourt | Relating to the extension of the portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. |
HB 3364 | Schofield | Bettencourt | Relating to the appeal of a judgment in an eviction suit. |
HB 3951 | Huberty | Bettencourt | Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property; creating a criminal offense. |
HB 3994 | Morrison | et al. | Perry | et al. | Relating to notice of and consent to an abortion for a minor and associated requirements; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. |
HB 4206 | Riddle | Bettencourt | Relating to the powers and duties of the Dowdell Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. |
HJR64 | Elkins | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by or leased to or by a university research technology corporation. |
HJR77 | Miller, Rick | et al. | Bettencourt | et al. | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. |
SB 1 | Nelson | et al. | Bonnen, Dennis | et al. | Relating to certain restrictions on the imposition of ad valorem taxes and to the duty of the state to reimburse certain political subdivisions for certain revenue loss; making conforming changes. |
SB 3 | Birdwell | et al. | Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. | |
SB 4 | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | |
SB 5 | Nichols | et al. | Relating to the allocation to the state highway fund and the available school fund of certain motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax revenue and to the uses of the revenue allocated to the state highway fund. | |
SB 6 | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Relating to public school performance ratings. | |
SB 7 | Nelson | et al. | Relating to the computation of and to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax. | |
SB 8 | Schwertner | et al. | Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. | |
SB 9 | Hancock | et al. | Otto | et al. | Relating to limitations on the rate of growth of appropriations for certain categories of spending. |
SB 11 | Birdwell | et al. | Fletcher | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty. |
SB 13 | Perry | et al. | Aycock | et al. | Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and high school, college, and career preparation, including measures to improve and support dual credit courses, the development of public outreach materials, and the development of postsecondary education and career counseling academies. |
SB 14 | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Relating to empowering the parents of students to petition for the reconstitution, repurposing, alternative management, or closure of low-performing public school campuses. | |
SB 17 | Estes | et al. | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating a criminal offense; providing penalties. | |
SB 18 | Nelson | et al. | Zerwas | Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education in this state, including the transfer of certain assets from the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association to the permanent fund supporting graduate medical education and the authority of the association to issue new policies. |
SB 20 | Nelson | et al. | Price | et al. | Relating to state agency contracting. |
SB 52 | Nelson | et al. | Relating to the computation of the franchise tax; decreasing the rates of the franchise tax. | |
SB 53 | Nelson | et al. | Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs. | |
SB 106 | Whitmire | et al. | Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | |
SB 114 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Laubenberg | Relating to the applicability of adverse licensing, listing, or registration decisions by certain health and human services agencies. |
SB 136 | Perry | et al. | Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. | |
SB 137 | Perry | et al. | Relating to the maximum rate of growth of appropriations. | |
SB 156 | Nichols | et al. | Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. | |
SB 182 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the calculation of the ad valorem rollback tax rates of certain taxing units. | |
SB 197 | Schwertner | et al. | Keffer | Relating to the financial self-sufficiency of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas. |
SB 217 | Hinojosa | et al. | Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. | |
SB 233 | Schwertner | et al. | Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. | |
SB 276 | Campbell | et al. | Relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program administered by the comptroller of public accounts. | |
SB 309 | Campbell | et al. | Murphy | et al. | Relating to public access to boundary, financial, and tax rate information of certain political subdivisions. |
SB 310 | Campbell | et al. | Goldman | Relating to procedures and requirements for the issuance of certificates of obligation. |
SB 346 | Estes | et al. | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating a criminal offense; providing penalties. | |
SB 374 | Schwertner | et al. | Dale | Relating to requiring state agencies to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. |
SB 386 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Villalba | Relating to school marshals for public junior colleges, notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a public junior college is appointed school marshal, and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. |
SB 398 | Schwertner | et al. | Laubenberg | Relating to fingerprints collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety from an applicant for a driver’s license or personal identification certificate and used for the department’s image verification system. |
SB 424 | Schwertner | et al. | Zerwas | Relating to the licensing and regulation of hospitals in this state; increasing the amount of administrative penalties assessed or imposed against certain hospitals; authorizing the imposition of a fee. |
SB 425 | Schwertner | et al. | Bonnen, Greg | Relating to health care information provided by and notice of facility fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. |
SB 439 | Hall | et al. | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons. | |
SB 444 | Hall | et al. | Davis, Yvonne | Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road corporations. |
SB 449 | Bettencourt | Gonzales, Larry | Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. |
SB 515 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. | |
SB 516 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods from ad valorem taxation. | |
SB 523 | Birdwell | et al. | Keffer | Relating to the sunset review of river authorities. |
SB 527 | Birdwell | et al. | Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Memorial Highway. | |
SB 554 | Hancock | et al. | Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. | |
SB 567 | Bettencourt | Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | |
SB 568 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to a classroom visual aid stipend for public school classroom teachers. | |
SB 575 | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Farney | Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. |
SB 576 | Bettencourt | Relating to an individual’s eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual’s waiting period claim. | |
SB 624 | Hinojosa | et al. | Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes. | |
SB 642 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations. | |
SB 660 | RodrÃguez | et al. | Blanco | Relating to regional coordinators within the veteran entrepreneur program. |
SB 673 | Perry | et al. | Relating to the funding and issuing of marriage licenses and certifications and the recognition of certain marriages. | |
SB 677 | Creighton | et al. | Relating to the savings incentive program for state agencies. | |
SB 694 | Bettencourt | et al. | Kacal | et al. | Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. |
SB 714 | Hall | et al. | Relating to the use of automated traffic control systems and photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. | |
SB 722 | Perry | et al. | Burkett | Relating to a disqualification for unemployment benefits for refusing to take or failing a preemployment drug test. |
SB 723 | Perry | et al. | King, Susan | Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment and other programs by certain persons. |
SB 752 | Bettencourt | et al. | Murphy | Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax. |
SB 755 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Button | Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain computer program transactions. |
SB 758 | Bettencourt | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. | |
SB 762 | Bettencourt | et al. | Elkins | et al. | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of income-producing tangible personal property having a value of less than a certain amount. |
SB 763 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain income-producing tangible personal property. | |
SB 766 | Bettencourt | Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit. | |
SB 767 | Bettencourt | Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate. | |
SB 795 | Perry | et al. | Klick | Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program. |
SB 831 | Kolkhorst | et al. | Relating to voluntary and informed consent to an abortion and prevention of coerced abortions; providing penalties; creating an offense. | |
SB 849 | Bettencourt | Elkins | Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. |
SB 850 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Flynn | Relating to a public duty justification for conduct of a service member of the Texas military forces. |
SB 853 | Kolkhorst | et al. | Button | Relating to the signature requirement for a sales tax permit application filed electronically. |
SB 965 | Bettencourt | Schofield | Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. |
SB 966 | Bettencourt | Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury. | |
SB 967 | Bettencourt | Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records. | |
SB 982 | Bettencourt | Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. | |
SB 983 | Bettencourt | et al. | Schofield | Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. |
SB 984 | Bettencourt | Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code. | |
SB 985 | Bettencourt | Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place. | |
SB 986 | Bettencourt | Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | |
SB 996 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Villalba | Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. |
SB 1000 | Kolkhorst | et al. | Relating to the use of sales tax revenue collected under certain contracts. | |
SB 1003 | Bettencourt | Schaefer | Relating to the issuance of school district teaching permits to persons who teach career and technical education. |
SB 1004 | Bettencourt | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. |
SB 1013 | Bettencourt | Relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political subdivisions. | |
SB 1015 | Bettencourt | Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense. | |
SB 1034 | RodrÃguez | et al. | Miller, Rick | Relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. |
SB 1041 | Bettencourt | et al. | Flynn | Relating to required disclosures in and to the length of ballot proposition language authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds or impose or change a tax. |
SB 1042 | Bettencourt | Relating to fiscal transparency and accountability of certain political subdivisions. | |
SB 1062 | Bettencourt | Relating to the registration and certification of county tax assessor-collectors and their employees. | |
SB 1092 | Taylor, Larry | et al. | Relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations. | |
SB 1154 | Hall | et al. | Raymond | et al. | Relating to the deadline for filing an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. |
SB 1163 | Hancock | et al. | Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions. | |
SB 1169 | Campbell | et al. | Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. | |
SB 1215 | Bettencourt | Relating to a study of the feasibility and benefits to this state of abolishing the property tax assistance division of the office of the comptroller of public accounts and transferring its powers and duties to an independent agency. | |
SB 1216 | Bettencourt | et al. | Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | |
SB 1217 | Bettencourt | Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings. | |
SB 1218 | Bettencourt | Relating to filing requirements applicable to administrative writs of withholding for child support. | |
SB 1219 | Bettencourt | Relating to a combined online application for persons applying for certain state and local economic development incentives. | |
SB 1220 | Bettencourt | Relating to tax increment financing. | |
SB 1221 | Bettencourt | Relating to public school class size limits. | |
SB 1222 | Bettencourt | Huberty | Relating to the authority of the commissioner of education to issue subpoenas during an investigation of educator misconduct. |
SB 1223 | Bettencourt | Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. | |
SB 1252 | Hall | et al. | Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement. | |
SB 1253 | Hall | et al. | Schaefer | Relating to a ribbon for certain members of the military forces who served in support of operations to secure the Texas border. |
SB 1331 | Ellis | et al. | Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. | |
SB 1335 | Bettencourt | Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. | |
SB 1340 | Huffines | et al. | Relating to the photographic enforcement of traffic laws. | |
SB 1364 | Kolkhorst | et al. | Burkett | Relating to electronic filing of certain reports. |
SB 1376 | Lucio | et al. | Hunter | Relating to natural disaster housing recovery. |
SB 1452 | Bettencourt | et al. | Huberty | Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. |
SB 1459 | Bettencourt | Bohac | Relating to the powers and duties of the West Harris County Regional Water Authority. |
SB 1460 | Bettencourt | Relating to the evaluation and ranking of similar offers submitted to a governmental entity for certain construction-related contracts. | |
SB 1546 | Perry | et al. | Relating to advance directives, including do-not-resuscitate orders; creating a criminal offense. | |
SB 1564 | Burton | et al. | Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures; providing civil penalties; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | |
SB 1583 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Fletcher | Relating to classifying synthetic cannabinoid or cathinone as a Schedule I controlled substance under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. |
SB 1639 | Campbell | et al. | Relating to the procedures for municipal annexations. | |
SB 1657 | Watson | et al. | Miller, Rick | Relating to approval of the issuance of tax and revenue anticipation notes. |
SB 1680 | Bettencourt | Relating to the procedure for the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by a taxing unit. | |
SB 1692 | Bettencourt | Relating to the establishment of a limit on the maximum ad valorem tax rate of a county or municipality for a tax year based on inflation and the rate of population growth. | |
SB 1693 | Bettencourt | Relating to the exemption of certain inventory from ad valorem taxation by a school district. | |
SB 1694 | Bettencourt | Relating to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation. | |
SB 1735 | Birdwell | et al. | Zerwas | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents. |
SB 1760 | Creighton | et al. | Bonnen, Dennis | Relating to the transparent and equitable application of ad valorem tax procedures. |
SB 1782 | Bettencourt | Relating to the status of separate legal entities for purposes of the sales and use tax on aircraft. | |
SB 1783 | Bettencourt | Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. | |
SB 1807 | Bettencourt | Relating to the system for appraising property for ad valorem tax purposes; authorizing a fee. | |
SB 1808 | Bettencourt | Relating to the confidentiality and use of information related to a taxpayer subject to audit by the comptroller. | |
SB 1809 | Bettencourt | Relating to ad valorem tax protests and appeals. | |
SB 1864 | Burton | et al. | Canales | et al. | Relating to requiring a peace officer to obtain a warrant to search a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device. |
SB 1943 | Huffman | et al. | Relating to the duty to report child abuse or neglect. | |
SB 1968 | Huffman | et al. | Relating to the organization of public employees. | |
SB 1981 | Bettencourt | Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property. | |
SB 1994 | Bettencourt | Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. | |
SB 2046 | Taylor, Van | et al. | Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League-sponsored activities; authorizing a fee. | |
SB 2048 | Huffman | et al. | Cook | et al. | Relating to a privilege from disclosure to governmental units for certain evidence concerning sermons delivered by a religious leader. |
SB 2051 | Bettencourt | Relating to the study of public education performance. | |
SB 2053 | Bettencourt | Riddle | Relating to the powers and duties of the Pine Forest Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax. |
SB 2056 | Bettencourt | et al. | Metcalf | Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. |
SB 2059 | Bettencourt | Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. | |
SCR1 | Creighton | et al. | Huberty | Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. |
SCR5 | Estes | et al. | Flynn | Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government’s responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border. |
SCR13 | Seliger | et al. | Anchia | Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. |
SCR17 | Whitmire | et al. | Thompson, Senfronia | In memory of Bob Lanier. |
SCR28 | Lucio | et al. | Simmons | Recognizing April 2015 as Autism Awareness Month. |
SCR32 | Bettencourt | Wu | Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. |
SJR1 | Nelson | et al. | Bonnen, Dennis | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property. |
SJR2 | Hancock | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations. | |
SJR5 | Nichols | et al. | Pickett | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax and the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle to the state highway fund. |
SJR11 | Perry | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum amount of appropriations for a state fiscal biennium. | |
SJR14 | Nichols | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or less of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year and to permit the voters of a county to establish a higher limitation not to exceed 110 percent on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead in the county. | |
SJR22 | Creighton | et al. | Ashby | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife. |
SJR28 | Bettencourt | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | |
SJR29 | Bettencourt | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. | |
SJR35 | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. | |
SJR36 | Bettencourt | et al. | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000. | |
SJR56 | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person’s inventory. | |
SJR57 | Bettencourt | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and extending the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its temporary location in this state may remain located in this state before forfeiting the right to the exemption. | |
SR 16 | Bettencourt | Recognizing the investiture of Jane Cummins as President of the Texas Lyceum. | |
SR 17 | Bettencourt | In memory of Cheryl Lynn McIntyre. | |
SR 97 | Zaffirini | et al. | Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day. | |
SR 108 | Watson | et al. | Recognizing February 11, 2015, as YMCA Advocacy Day. | |
SR 217 | Ellis | et al. | Celebrating February 23, 2015, as University of Houston System Day. | |
SR 309 | Bettencourt | Commending the work of the KK125 Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. | |
SR 398 | Garcia | et al. | Extending condolences to the families of the missing students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico. | |
SR 428 | Nelson | et al. | Proclaiming April 16, 2015, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Legislative Day. | |
SR 445 | Ellis | et al. | Congratulating Carol Lewis on her induction into the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame. | |
SR 519 | Hall | et al. | Recognizing April 8, 2015, as Texas Home School Day. | |
SR 618 | Burton | et al. | Recognizing April 23, 2015, as Texas Young Republican Federation and Texas Federation of College Republicans Legislative Day. | |
SR 627 | Perry | et al. | Recognizing Young Conservatives of Texas on the occasion of its 35th anniversary. | |
SR 681 | Burton | et al. | Recognizing the opening of the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s new headquarters. | |
SR 720 | Schwertner | et al. | Congratulating Michael K. Young on assuming the position of president of Texas A&M University. |