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Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 85 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons younger than 18 years of age to preregister to vote. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 98 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to authorizing a marriage between two persons of the same sex in this state and repealing the statutory prohibition against the recognition of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between two persons of the same sex. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 60 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to video recordings made by children's advocacy centers. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 63 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the qualifications for and time that a person may serve in certain offices. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 86 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 83 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to prohibited deceptive or disenfranchising practices regarding an election; providing penalties. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 51 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Gambling and Gaming Immigration Other |
Relating to local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners and the imposition of a fee on eight-liner owners; providing penalties. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 84 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Other |
Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 64 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to appellate court procedures and deadlines in a civil action. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 28 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues |
Relating to immunity from liability for public and open-enrollment charter school campuses that maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors for emergency use. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 111 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the criminal penalties for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 122 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to eligibility for compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 143 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application. | 01/27/2015 |
| SCR 1 | Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 179 | Guns Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a concealed handgun license. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 144 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the statute of limitations for a suit for personal injury arising from certain offenses constituting sexual abuse of a child. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 142 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Technology and Communication |
Relating to the appointment and training of volunteer deputy registrars. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 127 | Other |
Relating to the reapportionment of congressional districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Congressional Redistricting Commission. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 120 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime |
Relating to the penalty for theft of an official ballot or official carrier envelope for an election. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 113 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the statute of limitations for a suit for personal injury arising from certain offenses constituting sexual abuse of a child. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 110 | Crime Education Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities from a public retirement system of public officers or employees convicted of certain offenses. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 102 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Executive Branch Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to ballot propositions authorizing political subdivisions to issue bonds. | 01/27/2015 |
| SJR 6 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide qualifications for and limit the time that a person may serve in certain offices. | 01/27/2015 |
| SJR 8 | Crime Executive Branch Judiciary Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional. | 01/27/2015 |
| SCR 2 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 170 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Other |
Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 178 | Arts and Humanities Housing and Property Recreation |
Relating to prohibiting the use of eminent domain to take private property for recreational purposes. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 141 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Executive Branch State Agencies |
Relating to a voter educator program for high school seniors. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 254 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of brokerage statements to meet certain requirements for reports of political contributions and expenditures. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 257 | Guns Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the reporting of a lost or stolen firearm; providing criminal penalties. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 261 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 229 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 250 | Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 258 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the creation of certain offenses concerning firearm sales at gun shows. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 11 | Education Guns |
Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 230 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Labor and Employment Other State Agencies |
Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 291 | Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Tarrant County. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 259 | Crime Guns Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to criminal history background checks in connection with firearm transfers; creating offenses. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 284 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to service of citation in connection with an application for an expedited court order allowing the foreclosure of a contract lien. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 273 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Executive Branch Guns Housing and Property Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 287 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs and to the bill of costs provided to a defendant. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 290 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the recording of a proceeding in a municipal court in San Antonio. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 264 | Crime Health Insurance Legal Issues |
Relating to group health benefits coverage for dependents of persons wrongfully imprisoned. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 251 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 286 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to additional primary election ballot information for judicial candidates. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 256 | Guns |
Relating to creating an offense for the unlawful possession or transfer of a large-capacity magazine. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 384 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the electronic submission of an application to vote by mail. | 02/02/2015 |
| SJR 10 | Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Social Issues |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 387 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to trusts and certain other forms of asset protection. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 349 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the authority of the secretary of state to enforce election laws. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 372 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the abolishment of the Orange County child support office and to the divorce and contempt fees paid in Orange County. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 375 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support obligations. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 399 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Executive Branch Housing and Property Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political subdivisions to issue debt obligations. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 360 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to regulatory takings. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 346 | Crime Guns Public Services State Agencies |
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. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 364 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Recreation State Agencies |
Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Racing Commission and the transfer of its powers and duties to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation; providing penalties; authorizing fees. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 378 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues Other Public Services Social Issues |
Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 381 | Environmental Labor and Employment Legal Issues Social Issues Transportation |
Relating to tort liability arising from a volunteer's operation of a Parks and Wildlife Department motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 351 | Education Immigration Other |
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 385 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to electronic voter registration. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 338 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to duties of prosecutors. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 339 | Crime Health Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 328 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the numbering of local and state propositions on the ballot. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 383 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the time of delivery to the early voting ballot board for ballots voted by mail in certain counties. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 348 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Other Resolutions State Agencies |
Relating to the designation of certain election days as state holidays. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 371 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to issuance of a receipt for a voter registration applicant. | 02/02/2015 |
| SJR 24 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 306 | Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the information included in the annual report of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 342 | Crime Guns |
Relating to providing for the open and concealed carrying of handguns without a license and to related offenses and penalties. | 02/02/2015 |
| SJR 13 | Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 311 | Guns |
Relating to certain offenses involving the carrying of concealed handguns by license holders and to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of those offenses. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 319 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 343 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the conformity of local law with state law. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 314 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 407 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Other |
Relating to the acceptance of a voter. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 405 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to voter registration at the polling place during early voting. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 409 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 414 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 411 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the recording of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 418 | Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to requests by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for certain records held by court reporters. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 406 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to reforming the electoral process; creating a criminal offense. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 17 | Crime Guns Public Services State Agencies |
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. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 431 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the deadline for filing a candidate's personal financial statement. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 439 | Guns |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 443 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to a study and recommendations by the Texas Judicial Council on consolidating the court of criminal appeals and the supreme court or abolishing one of the courts and transferring that court's functions and jurisdiction to the other court. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 450 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the liability of a political subdivision of this state for certain claims relating to land acquired by the political subdivision under certain circumstances. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 438 | Crime Executive Branch Guns |
Relating to prohibiting public funds from being used to enforce certain federal or international laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 457 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to waive the waiting period for a marriage ceremony. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 432 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to continuation of an additional fee for filing civil cases in certain Dallas County courts. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 445 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Environmental Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to public agreements or contracts related to United Nations Agenda 21. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 455 | Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to special three-judge district courts convened to hear certain cases. | 02/09/2015 |
| SCR 6 | Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 436 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the amount of financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 479 | Housing and Property |
Relating to establishing actual progress for the purposes of determining the right to repurchase real property from a condemning entity. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 491 | Health Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to consideration of asbestos or silica trust claims in certain actions asserting asbestos- or silica-related injuries. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 466 | Health Judiciary |
Relating to the affidavit required to be exempt from jury service due to a physical or mental impairment. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 473 | Crime Guns |
Relating to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain prohibited explosive weapons, firearms, and related items. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 462 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to authorizing a revocable deed that transfers real property at the transferor's death. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 467 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the early voting period for certain elections. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 476 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the duties of certain law enforcement officials under procedures regulating the making or transfer of firearms. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 463 | Senior Issues |
Relating to the restructuring of certain fund accounts of the Texas County and District Retirement System. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 474 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the recovery of costs and fees in connection with certain eminent domain proceedings. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 465 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities from the Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement System of Texas of certain employees convicted of certain offenses. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 475 | Crime Health Housing and Property Science and Medical Research |
Relating to a property right in certain DNA samples; providing injunctive relief and a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 482 | Health Immigration Insurance Labor and Employment |
Relating to the creation of an optional consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the group benefits program provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 500 | Housing and Property |
Relating to self-settled asset protection trusts. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 504 | Judiciary |
Relating to the application of the professional prosecutors law to the district attorney for the 132nd Judicial District. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 511 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar appointment. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 512 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in probate matters. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 550 | Family and Children Issues Health Insurance |
Relating to requiring dental support for a child subject to a child support order. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 534 | Judiciary Other |
Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 531 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 535 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of certain mobile devices at a polling place. | 02/18/2015 |
| SCR 12 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget except during a time of national emergency. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 555 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the eligibility of a person to be a candidate for or holder of a public elective office. | 02/18/2015 |
| SJR 31 | Crime Executive Branch Gambling and Gaming Legislative Affairs Recreation State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas Gaming Commission, authorizing and regulating the operation of casino games and slot machines by a limited number of licensed operators and certain Indian tribes, authorizing a limited state video lottery system to be operated at horse and greyhound racetracks and on Indian tribal lands, and reducing the number of illegal gambling machines. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 549 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an additional judicial district composed of Coryell County. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 567 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Other |
Relating to the production of the index of the parties to all suits by the clerk of a district court; authorizing a fee. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 627 | Legal Issues |
Relating to certain defenses to libel actions. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 585 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the content of detailed reports filed by registered lobbyists. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 586 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the content of detailed reports filed by lobbyists. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 587 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain registrations and reports filed by lobbyists. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 631 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 619 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Education Housing and Property Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political subdivisions to issue bonds. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 634 | Judiciary Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a task force on unethical and unlawful misconduct by public officials. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 610 | Agriculture and Food Legal Issues Other |
Relating to limited liability for an agritourism entity involved in an agritourism activity. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 575 | Health Insurance Reproductive Issues |
Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 621 | Crime Legal Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to criminal offenses involving, and governmental liability for retaliatory prosecutions associated with, the filming, recording, photographing, documenting, or observing of a peace officer. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 645 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 640 | Health Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to automatic employee participation in and administration of a deferred compensation plan provided by certain hospital districts. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 643 | Judiciary |
Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 663 | Crime |
Relating to the bill of costs provided to a defendant before the costs are payable. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 673 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Executive Branch Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the funding and issuing of marriage licenses and certifications and the recognition of certain marriages. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 681 | Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to a bailiff administering the selection of names of persons for jury service in certain counties. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 739 | Crime Family and Children Issues Housing and Property |
Relating to the right of a person to enter the person's residence or former residence accompanied by a peace officer to recover certain personal property; creating an offense. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 718 | Guns Legal Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a permit to show that a person has passed a background check to possess a firearm; authorizing fees. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 764 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation of an additional family district court in Harris County. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 729 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a constitutional convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 717 | Guns Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 800 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to the authority of a district clerk to post official and legal notices by electronic display. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 796 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Judiciary Other |
Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens excused or disqualified from jury service. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 779 | Crime Health Legal Issues |
Relating to access to certain medical test results in a criminal proceeding; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 735 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to discovery of evidence of the net worth of a defendant in connection with a claim for exemplary damages. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 795 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Technology and Communication |
Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program. | 03/02/2015 |
| SJR 34 | Executive Branch Gambling and Gaming Indigenous Peoples Legislative Affairs Recreation |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming agreement with this state; providing for licensing of persons under the agreement; limiting certain taxes and fees. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 712 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to standing for certain individuals to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 736 | Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the disclosure on personal financial statements of certain contracts with governmental entities. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 733 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 728 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 716 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the methods of delivery for required financial statement forms sent to certain municipal officeholders and candidates for municipal office. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 769 | Judiciary |
Relating to reports to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System on the composition of grand and petit juries in each county. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 711 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public money for lobbying activities or lobbyists. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 822 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 818 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence; creating a criminal offense. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 815 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to a temporary restraining order for preservation of property and protection of the parties in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 814 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 834 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to procedures required before certain condominium associations file a suit or initiate an arbitration proceeding for a defect or design claim. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 817 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the issuance of a protective order and the appointment of a managing conservator in certain family law proceedings. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 823 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 812 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues |
Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 819 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 821 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to references to school in the Family Code. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 831 | Crime Health Legal Issues Other Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to voluntary and informed consent to an abortion and prevention of coerced abortions; providing penalties; creating an offense. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 824 | Judiciary |
Relating to the number of jurors required in certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 820 | Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; creating an offense; authorizing fees. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 813 | Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the use of digitized signatures in certain family law proceedings. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 816 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to a dismissal or nonsuit of an application for a protective order. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 10 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Executive Branch Insurance Judiciary Labor and Employment Legal Issues Other State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 865 | Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to immunity of a governmental entity for damage to certain utility facilities. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 842 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Atascosa County. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 856 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Housing and Property Labor and Employment Legal Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression; providing an administrative penalty; creating an offense. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 872 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime |
Relating to the adoption of a schedule of fees for the compensation of court-appointed defense counsel in criminal cases. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 867 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Galveston County. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 857 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime |
Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record in certain counties. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 897 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Immigration |
Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 950 | Crime Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to certain procedural measures in a suit affecting a parent-child relationship to protect a child against child neglect or physical or sexual abuse. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 940 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the notification duties of a state governmental entity with public retirement system investment holdings in Sudan or Iran. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 948 | Judiciary Legal Issues Other |
Relating to mediation as an alternative dispute resolution process. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 909 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 930 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to procedures and eligibility for terminating participation in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas deferred retirement option plan. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 942 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to warrants or orders issued to obtain certain information through installation or use of global positioning system wireless device trackers, international mobile subscriber identity locators, or other devices or equipment, and to public access to law enforcement or prosecutor requests for certain related location or communication information; creating an offense. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 1010 | Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the use of money paid as restitution to or on behalf of certain individuals depicted in child pornography. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 982 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other Senior Issues |
Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 962 | Judiciary Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to legislative and judicial review of state agency rulemaking. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 994 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Texas Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 975 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the uniform election date. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 216 | Environmental Legislative Affairs Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 985 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 983 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 990 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Labor and Employment Other Resolutions State Agencies |
Relating to the protection of voting rights in the State of Texas; creating a criminal offense. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 993 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the former Texas Probate Code. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 1006 | Crime Guns |
Relating to gun violence restraining orders and gun seizure warrants; creating a criminal offense. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 984 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 995 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to decedents' estates. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 967 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to the authority of a district clerk to collect certain fees for providing electronic copies of court records. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 986 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 980 | Housing and Property Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to jurisdiction in an eminent domain proceeding in Harris County. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 1022 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to an unsworn declaration made by a private process server in the performance of the server's job duties. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1020 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to the designation of the trustee of an express trust as a beneficiary of a trust account or a P.O.D. payee of a P.O.D. account. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1050 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the suspension of an election judge or clerk. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1014 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the possession of and access to a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in which there is evidence of family violence, child abuse or neglect, or the sexual assault of one parent by the other parent. | 03/11/2015 |
| SCR 23 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1015 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to limiting the amount of assistance a person may provide a voter; creating a criminal offense. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1033 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Insurance |
Relating to relating to the definition of a dependent for health benefit plans offered by certain university systems. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1034 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to voting by mail, including the cancellation of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 19 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the ethics of public officers and employees, the disclosure of certain political contributions, and related requirements and procedures; creating criminal offenses. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1115 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Military Technology and Communication |
Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1072 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the removal of a precinct or county chair for abandonment of office. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 218 | Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1116 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to a notice or document sent by mail or electronic mail by a court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk of a judicial court. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1090 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1074 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to statements made by an election officer in a joint primary election. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1073 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the requirements for a candidate's application or nomination for a place on the ballot and related procedures. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1120 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license and the marriage of a minor. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1091 | Crime Immigration |
Relating to criminal trespass by an unauthorized immigrant; creating a criminal offense. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1064 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Family and Children Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the use by the state or an agency or political subdivision of the state of a same-sex marriage license or similar document for the limited purpose of verifying a person's identity. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1110 | Education Guns |
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain license holders on certain locations associated with a public or private school or educational institution. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1217 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem appointed for a child to meet with the child before court hearings. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1180 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset Advisory Commission. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1270 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the compensation of associate judges appointed to hear Title IV-D cases and child protection cases. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1187 | Executive Branch |
Relating to claims of patent infringement; providing civil penalties; imposing fees. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1192 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Other State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as part of the preparation of reports and personal financial statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1139 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in courts in the judicial branch of state government, the composition of certain juvenile boards, and the increase of certain filing fees. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1267 | State Agencies |
Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1157 | Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to a deduction from a state employee's wages or a retiree's annuity for membership fees in a state employee organization. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1155 | Business and Consumers Campaign Finance and Election Issues Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Commerce Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to prohibition of certain regulations by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1202 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the value of property that may be transferred to a custodian or other person for the benefit of a minor under certain circumstances. | 03/17/2015 |
| SJR 44 | Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the number, method of appointment, and terms of members of the Texas Ethics Commission and providing for the governance, purpose, and mission of the commission. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1146 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1151 | Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to consultation with public employees concerning employment matters. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1265 | Crime Judiciary Other |
Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1153 | Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to a prohibition against an employer providing certain employee information to a labor union. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1232 | Education Health Insurance Labor and Employment |
Relating to participation in and rates for coverage provided under the uniform group coverage program for active employees. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1224 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1370 | Judiciary |
Relating to a court reporter for the county court at law in Kleberg County. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1359 | Judiciary |
Relating to the duties of the county attorney in Aransas County and to the duties of the district attorney for the 36th Judicial District. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1300 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to procedures for formal hearings conducted by the Texas Ethics Commission. | 03/18/2015 |
| SJR 49 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Legislative Affairs Other |
Proposing a constitutional amendment mandating the legislature to require candidates for public elective office in this state to undergo drug screening. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1299 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to rules adopted by the Texas Ethics Commission relating to lobbyists or the reporting of political contributions or expenditures. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1298 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the selection of the presiding officer of, voting requirements for action by, and purpose of the Texas Ethics Commission. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1381 | Municipal and County Issues Senior Issues |
Relating to optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1350 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction of a county court at law in Hidalgo County. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1352 | Crime Guns Military Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a concealed handgun license application that is submitted by a peace officer or a member of the state military forces. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1395 | Health Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to the medical accuracy of informational materials given to a woman seeking an abortion. | 03/18/2015 |
| SJR 52 | Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1372 | Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing certain current and former members of the state legislature to conduct a marriage ceremony. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1448 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to holding a primary election for a political party in a county without party leadership. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1375 | Housing and Property Immigration Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to authorizing certain border counties and municipalities in those counties to regulate land development; providing a penalty. | 03/18/2015 |
| SJR 51 | Crime Indigenous Peoples Legislative Affairs Recreation |
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas to conduct all forms of gaming on certain tribal land and requiring the tribes to annually pay five percent of net proceeds from gaming to the comptroller of public accounts for deposit in the general revenue fund. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1449 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Transportation |
Relating to automatic voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1429 | Education Immigration Other |
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1430 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Other |
Relating to eligibility of attorneys who hold a law license issued by another state to take the state bar examination. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1378 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Executive Branch Other State Agencies |
Relating to a drug testing requirement for a person elected to public elective office. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1341 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to the transfer of certain court records. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1437 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the electronic filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures and of personal financial statements by certain officeholders and candidates and the content of those statements; creating a criminal offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1329 | Executive Branch Guns Judiciary |
Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to the attorney general, to assistant attorneys general, and to federal prosecutors, judges, and justices, and to the authority of those individuals to carry certain weapons. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1369 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues Other |
Relating to reports on attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, guardian, mediator, and competency evaluator appointments made by courts in this state and an interim study on a billing system for attorneys ad litem. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1457 | Crime Technology and Communication |
Relating to bad faith claims of patent infringement; providing a civil penalty. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1473 | Crime Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to liability of persons who lease dwellings to persons with criminal records. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1491 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person occupying a voting station. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1489 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to information regarding provisional voting. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1481 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to requiring the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to notify employees of an open-enrollment charter school of the revocation, nonrenewal, expiration, or surrender of a charter. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1490 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to issuance of a receipt for a voter registration application that may be used for the purpose of voting. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1683 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the retention of unexpended political contributions by and certain activities and benefits of certain public servants, including current and former members of the legislature. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1557 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to a court investigator hired by a statutory probate court. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1534 | Judiciary Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to venue in a lawsuit against the State of Texas or a state agency. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1622 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to payment and reimbursement of court costs in a guardianship proceeding. | 03/23/2015 |
| SCR 29 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to update Voting Rights Act provisions to protect against voter discrimination. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1621 | Judiciary |
Relating to a court administrator hired by a statutory probate court. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1528 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Legal Issues Other |
Relating to corporate donations to a charity chosen by a political contributor. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1516 | Judiciary Legislative Affairs Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the calculation of a service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1523 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1600 | Legal Issues |
Relating to a limit on the award of attorney's fees in certain proceedings brought against the state or an agency of the state. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1623 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to requiring the provision of security from certain persons for the probable costs of a guardianship proceeding. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1684 | Crime Guns Health Labor and Employment Public Services Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing certain first responders to carry a concealed handgun while on duty and to the prosecution of certain related criminal offenses; providing for a fee. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1665 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the recusal or disqualification of a statutory probate judge or other judge authorized to hear probate, guardianship, or mental health matters, and the subsequent assignment of another judge. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1673 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the preemption of a local law by state law. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1631 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to quarterly reporting of political contributions and expenditures by certain candidates, officeholders, and political committees. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1681 | Crime Education Municipal and County Issues Other Public Services |
Relating to police chiefs of certain municipalities. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1629 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1677 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees to adopt or remove term limits. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1707 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1660 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime |
Relating to prohibited practices regarding unauthorized recordings. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1521 | Health Legal Issues |
Relating to the determination of expert reports in a health care liability claim for the purposes of certain laws governing those claims. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1703 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Other Resolutions |
Relating to the deadlines for certain processes and procedures involving an election. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1702 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Judiciary |
Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting for judicial offices. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1551 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to eligibility for appointment as a tabulation supervisor in an election. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1547 | Crime Guns State Agencies |
Relating to reducing certain fees for a license to carry a concealed handgun for county jailers. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1537 | Health Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1667 | Judiciary |
Relating to the powers and duties of, and the application of the professional prosecutors law to, the county attorney of Guadalupe County and to abolishing the office of district attorney of the 25th Judicial District. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1633 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Judiciary |
Relating to criminal conduct in connection with an election. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1648 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to requirements for the electronic filing of reports of political contributions and expenditures by certain officeholders and candidates. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1706 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk teams. | 03/23/2015 |
| SJR 55 | Crime Legislative Affairs Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1710 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation of an additional county criminal court at law in Harris County. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1579 | Legal Issues Other |
Relating to a certificate of merit in certain actions against certain licensed or registered professionals. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1620 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to qualifications of special judges. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1508 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to reimbursement of county expenses for certain special elections. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1728 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the days and hours that early voting is conducted by personal appearance. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1726 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1799 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Family and Children Issues Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the religious freedom of a conscientious objector to act or fail to act with respect to certain issues of marriage. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1773 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the retirement benefits for certain elected state officials. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1772 | Municipal and County Issues Senior Issues |
Relating to the retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police officers. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1733 | Health Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the disclosure in certain judicial proceedings of confidential communications between a physician and a patient. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1785 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Housing and Property |
Relating to governmental actions affecting the use or value of private property. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1745 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to the liability of the state for a violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1779 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the order of candidate names on a runoff expedited election ballot. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1768 | Crime Health Public Services |
Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by firefighters and emergency medical technicians. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1727 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1791 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Legal Issues |
Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1748 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to the nonpartisan election of members to the State Board of Education; providing for a fee. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1796 | Judiciary Legislative Affairs |
Relating to a vacancy in the office of a member of the legislature on final conviction of a felony. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1792 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues |
Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1931 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1969 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to ethics of public servants, including the functions and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; the regulation of political contributions, political advertising, lobbying, and conduct of public servants; and the reporting of political contributions and expenditures and personal financial information; providing civil and criminal penalties. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1968 | Crime Health Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the organization of public employees. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1934 | Other Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to requirements for the issuance of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to a study on digital identification and proof of licensure. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1848 | Business and Consumers Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Commerce Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1939 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to contributions to, benefits from, membership in, and the administration of systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1869 | Health Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to resource awareness sessions for women seeking abortions. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1816 | Health Insurance Labor and Employment Military Senior Issues |
Relating to the authority of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to make available a TRICARE Military Health System Supplemental plan. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1940 | Education Executive Branch Health Insurance Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs Other |
Relating to the creation of a joint interim committee to undertake a study of health benefit plans administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1984 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the canvass of election returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1917 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to contributions to the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 03/25/2015 |
| SJR 63 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1906 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties, civil restitution, and other payments received by the attorney general. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1994 | Municipal and County Issues Senior Issues |
Relating to municipal control of certain public retirement systems established for the benefit of municipal employees. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1872 | Health Insurance Reproductive Issues |
Relating to coverage provided by certain qualified health plans for abortions. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1961 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the appointment and duties of criminal magistrates for certain courts in Hidalgo County. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1913 | Judiciary |
Relating to a court administrator in certain counties. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1876 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, mediators, and guardians in certain counties. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1862 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public money for lobbying activities or lobbyists; creating a criminal offense. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1802 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1992 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to a restriction on the use of certain political contributions from a single source in the month before an election. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1970 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to increasing the electronic filing fee for certain courts. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1834 | Immigration Labor and Employment Military State Agencies |
Relating to participation in the state group benefits program by a member of the Texas National Guard called to protect the border. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1930 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1991 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to a cost-of-living adjustment applicable to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1870 | Health Other Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to state agency rules and strategic plans guided by the principle that life begins at conception. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1941 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to service credit and benefits under and funding requirements for the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1833 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to a supplemental payment for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the unfunded actuarial liabilities allowed under that system. | 03/25/2015 |
| SJR 66 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day preceding the day the regular legislative session convenes. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1925 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the dedication of revenue received from certain court costs to the truancy prevention and diversion fund. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1801 | Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations granted by federal executive action. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1964 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the imposition of additional fees for filing civil cases and for recording certain documents in Hidalgo County and Cameron County. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1929 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the transfer of jurisdiction and the appointment of an attorney ad litem or guardian ad litem in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1942 | Judiciary |
Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1806 | Environmental Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to limits on the regulatory authority of a municipality. | 03/25/2015 |
| SJR 59 | Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to nullify an order, rule, policy, or similar measure adopted by the executive branch of the federal government that exceeds the authority granted by the United States Constitution. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1938 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an additional family district court for Fort Bend County. | 03/25/2015 |
| SJR 67 | Education Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs Senior Issues |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the minimum amount that the state may contribute to the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 2000 | Judiciary |
Relating to jurisdiction and court administration of the El Paso Criminal Law Magistrate Court. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 2021 | Education Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 1278 | Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Kendall County, the composition of the 216th Judicial District, the creation of a criminal district attorney of Kendall County, and the abolishment of the County Court at Law of Kendall County and the office of county attorney of Kendall County. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 2005 | Crime Education Labor and Employment Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to eligibility for membership and funding of benefits for certain law enforcement, custodial, and other peace officers. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 2048 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to a privilege from disclosure to governmental units for certain evidence concerning sermons delivered by a religious leader. | 04/13/2015 |
| HB 80 | Technology and Communication Transportation |
Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense; modifying existing criminal penalties. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 705 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues |
Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 39 | Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons and to substitutes for guardianships for certain adults with disabilities. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 9 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 2604 | Crime Guns Military Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a concealed handgun license application that is submitted by a peace officer or a member of the state military forces. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 3327 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk teams. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 431 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | 04/27/2015 |
| HB 2419 | Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the former Texas Probate Code. | 04/27/2015 |
| HB 675 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person occupying a voting station. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 2065 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief. | 04/28/2015 |
| HB 1246 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the methods of delivery for required financial statement forms sent to certain municipal officeholders and candidates for municipal office. | 04/28/2015 |
| HB 1937 | Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to procedures and eligibility for terminating participation in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas deferred retirement option plan. | 04/28/2015 |
| HB 1756 | Senior Issues |
Relating to the board of trustees of and distribution of certain benefits by a retirement system for firefighters in certain municipalities. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 1388 | Crime Health Public Services |
Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by firefighters and emergency medical technicians. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 2154 | Environmental Legislative Affairs Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 1704 | Family and Children Issues Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to disclosure of pregnancy or the existence of a gestational agreement in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage and standing of an intended parent under a gestational agreement to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 826 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the provision of information relating to the modification of a child support order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 3123 | Commerce Crime Education Health Judiciary Labor and Employment Other Recreation State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2536 | Housing and Property Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to jurisdiction in an eminent domain proceeding in Harris County. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1560 | Education Family and Children Issues Health Housing and Property |
Relating to investment options for property recovered in a suit by a next friend or guardian ad litem on behalf of a minor or incapacitated person. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1050 | Agriculture and Food Legal Issues Other |
Relating to liability of food donors. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 388 | Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or imprisoned. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 984 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 230 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1040 | Education Legal Issues Other Recreation |
Relating to the liability of certain sports officials and organizations. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2278 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to authorizing certain current and retired associate judges to conduct a marriage ceremony. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1683 | Executive Branch |
Relating to an identifying number assigned to a notary public by the secretary of state. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1334 | Housing and Property Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the appeal of a residential eviction suit. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1781 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to access by a sibling of a child separated from the sibling due to an action by the Department of Family and Protective Services. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1376 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to community supervision and corrections department officers and juvenile probation officers; reducing a fee. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1707 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Health Senior Issues |
Relating to the methods by which a political subdivision may submit contributions to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 750 | Housing and Property Legal Issues Transportation |
Relating to a landowner's liability for certain aviation activities on or above the owner's land. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 3003 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2027 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to establishing precincts for elections held on a uniform election date by certain political subdivisions. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2050 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to voter information provided by a voter registrar to the secretary of state. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2428 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Texas Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 968 | Business and Consumers Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Commerce Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 520 | Judiciary |
Relating to the assignment of certain judges as a visiting judge. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1539 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties in certain circumstances for insider trading and other misuse of official information by public servants. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1725 | Health Senior Issues |
Relating to the composition of local boards of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2068 | Health Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to automatic employee participation in and administration of a deferred compensation plan provided by certain hospital districts. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 442 | Insurance Labor and Employment Other Senior Issues |
Relating to assignment of certain death benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1500 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2065 | Health Senior Issues |
Relating to automatic employee participation in and administration of a deferred compensation plan provided by the Harris County Hospital District. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 545 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the enforcement of an order to pay child support by contempt. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2900 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to compliance with federal voting system standards. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 3680 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as part of the preparation of reports and personal financial statements required to be filed with the Texas Ethics Commission. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2193 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the office of a public defender appointed by the Commissioners Court of Randall County. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 484 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the eligibility of a person to be a candidate for or holder of certain public elective offices. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2354 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to changing the date of the May uniform election. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2935 | Education Health Insurance Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to a study of the use of a patient-reported outcomes registry in conjunction with health coverage for certain governmental employees. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 331 | Family and Children Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the sealing of certain court documents filed electronically in a child protection suit. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2917 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to impose term limits on certain elected officials. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 910 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offenses. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1690 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1779 | Health Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the disclosure in certain judicial proceedings of confidential communications between a physician and a patient and confidential patient records. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 23 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to disclosure of certain relationships with local government officers and vendors; creating criminal offenses. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 4003 | Crime Judiciary Other |
Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 2751 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Atascosa County. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1927 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the procedures for applying for a ballot to be voted by mail; creating a criminal offense. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1862 | Health Housing and Property |
Relating to notice of hospital and emergency medical services liens. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 184 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the allocation of costs and attorney's fees incurred by a Court of Inquiry. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1190 | Crime Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to the compensation of property owners whose property is damaged as a result of a pursuit involving a federal law enforcement agency. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 408 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the retirement benefits for certain elected state officials. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1510 | Crime Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to liability of persons who lease dwellings to persons with criminal records. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 943 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support obligations. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2573 | Business and Consumers Commerce Immigration Judiciary Other |
Relating to a deceptive trade practice related to the use of certain words to imply that a person who is not an attorney is authorized to practice law and the prosecution of a cause of action arising from that practice. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2390 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability arising from an employee wellness program. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 262 | Agriculture and Food Housing and Property Legal Issues Other |
Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2986 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to recording of minutes for a local canvassing authority. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2590 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Housing and Property Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to providing a remedy for fraud committed in certain real estate transactions. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 327 | Crime Judiciary Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a study on the availability of information regarding convictions and deferred dispositions for certain fine-only misdemeanors. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 4086 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the right to a de novo hearing before the referring court regarding a temporary order rendered by an associate judge in certain family law proceedings. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1110 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2182 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the collection and refunding of certain fees and deposits by a county clerk or district clerk; increasing certain fees. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2366 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the notation on the precinct list of registered voters that a voter voted early. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2747 | Judiciary |
Relating to qualifications to serve as a petit juror. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1558 | Family and Children Issues Health Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate churches that provide overnight shelter for children. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 621 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Social Issues |
Relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar appointment. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 3227 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1294 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the disclosure on personal financial statements of certain contracts or subcontracts with governmental entities. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 3307 | Health Insurance Labor and Employment Military Senior Issues |
Relating to the authority of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to make available a TRICARE Military Health System supplemental plan. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1114 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Education Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the authority with whom certain political committees must file reports of political contributions and expenditures. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1026 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to eligibility for appointment as a tabulation supervisor in an election. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 2633 | Health Other State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 825 | Family and Children Issues Indigenous Peoples |
Relating to procedures for identifying any Native American heritage of children in certain hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 263 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 966 | Health Immigration Insurance Labor and Employment |
Relating to the creation of an optional consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the group benefits program provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents. | 05/11/2015 |
| HJR 79 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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 an amendment to the constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1079 | Executive Branch Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties, payments, and civil restitution received by the attorney general. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 3747 | Guns Judiciary |
Relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain retired judicial officers. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1096 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the registrar. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1449 | Family and Children Issues Health Other State Agencies |
Relating to child custody evaluations and adoption evaluations conducted and testimony provided in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; providing penalties; creating an offense; authorizing fees. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 3453 | Education Health Insurance Labor and Employment |
Relating to participation in and rates for coverage provided under the uniform group coverage program for active employees. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 638 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to annuity payments to surviving spouses and designated beneficiaries of persons wrongfully imprisoned. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3517 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to requirements governing registration and authorized activities of certain lobbyists; expanding the applicability of an occupational registration. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3512 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to lobbying activities and the registration of lobbyists. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 866 | Health Judiciary Labor and Employment |
Relating to the exemption from jury service of a person who is the primary caretaker of another person. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 258 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1200 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues |
Relating to civil liability of a person who produces, distributes, sells, or provides or aids in the production, distribution, sale, or provision of certain synthetic substances to another person for damages caused by the other person. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 257 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to a judge's or justice's significant interest in a business entity that owns, manages, or operates a private correctional or rehabilitation facility. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2920 | Judiciary |
Relating to the eligibility of a former or retired statutory probate court judge for assignment as a visiting judge. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3511 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the contents of financial statements filed by certain persons; adding a provision subject to criminal penalties. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3160 | Health Housing and Property Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to an exception to the period of filing an application for the grant of letters testamentary or of administration of a decedent's estate. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1329 | Health Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary commitment of persons with mental illness. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 353 | Crime Guns Health Public Services |
Relating to the application of certain weapons laws to and liability for certain actions of volunteer emergency services personnel licensed to carry a concealed handgun. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3121 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the enforcement of orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2778 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3056 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the procedures for applying for a ballot to be voted by mail; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3136 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the use of a small estate affidavit to distribute certain intestate estates. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2644 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to notice given of election precinct boundary changes. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2123 | Health Labor and Employment Military Other Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to participation of the state military forces in the state group benefits program. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 3310 | Senior Issues |
Relating to the funding policies, actuarial valuations, and reporting requirements of certain public retirement systems. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1692 | Legal Issues |
Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1492 | Legal Issues |
Relating to consideration of asbestos or silica trust claims in certain actions asserting asbestos- or silica-related injuries. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2168 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Labor and Employment |
Relating to the payment date for annuities from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 554 | Guns Transportation |
Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon in or into the secured area of an airport. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 3683 | Legal Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the electronic filing of personal financial statements with the Texas Ethics Commission. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 884 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the abolishment of the Orange County child support office and to the divorce and contempt fees paid in Orange County. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 1923 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to qualifications of special judges. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 1799 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 3070 | Health Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the disposition of remains. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 2665 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to access to and receipt of certain information regarding a ward by certain relatives of the ward. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 3902 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to providing a voter in a party primary notice of party conventions. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 2974 | Education Executive Branch Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 1455 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to procedures required before certain condominium associations file a suit or initiate an arbitration proceeding for a defect or design claim. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 3682 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the categorization and resolution of violations of laws enforced by the Texas Ethics Commission. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 2794 | Health Judiciary |
Relating to a delayed birth certificate; creating a criminal offense. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 1306 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary |
Relating to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters in judicial districts composed of more than one county. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1278 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 3364 | Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to the appeal of a judgment in an eviction suit. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 3122 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to ballots counted by the early voting ballot board. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 3319 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to procedures and fees for the safekeeping of wills and other fees collected by court clerks in probate matters; authorizing and increasing fees. | 05/14/2015 |
| HCR 66 | Legislative Affairs |
Declaring Israel a major strategic ally of Texas. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 3736 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to conflicts of interest by members of state agency governing boards and governing officers and the contents and amendment of financial statements filed by certain persons; creating a criminal offense. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1005 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to allowing judges to use juror identification numbers when polling the jury. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 2379 | Crime Health Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to the liability of first responders who provide roadside assistance. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 2739 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Guns |
Relating to the use of a concealed handgun license as valid proof of personal identification. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 3424 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central database containing information about certain individuals under guardianship. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 2486 | Crime Family and Children Issues Housing and Property |
Relating to the right of a person to enter the person's residence or former residence accompanied by a peace officer to recover certain personal property; creating an offense. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 2745 | Other Recreation |
Relating to the frequency restrictions on charitable raffles. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 4103 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to oaths and affirmations of certain judges of municipal courts. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1403 | Crime Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues |
Relating to the definition of health care liability claim for the purposes of certain laws governing those claims. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 2710 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property Judiciary |
Relating to the duty of an attorney ad litem to locate and represent a defendant in a suit to collect a delinquent ad valorem tax. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1308 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the method of returning a ballot to be voted by mail. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 2851 | Commerce Education Executive Branch Other State Agencies |
Relating to the limitation on the liability of the nonprofit corporation established by the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue revenue bonds for open-enrollment charter schools to provide educational facilities. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 1390 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Education Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to remedies for discrimination by a public employer against a public employee in connection with a claim for workers' compensation. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 1630 | Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to certain limitations on settlement agreements with a governmental unit. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 3710 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Guns Military Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a concealed handgun license. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 3380 | Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the grounds for and process by which elected officers of certain home-rule municipalities may be removed from office. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 2985 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Public Services |
Relating to requiring the election of directors of certain districts to be held on a uniform election date. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 2544 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to adverse possession of real property by a cotenant heir against other cotenant heirs. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 2246 | Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the restriction of certain intoxication offenders to the operation of a motor vehicle with an ignition interlock device in lieu of a license suspension. | 05/15/2015 |
| HJR 77 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 3093 | Housing and Property Other |
Relating to the value of a residential dwelling that may be offered or awarded as a prize at a charitable raffle. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 3159 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to a contract with a county for election services. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3369 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to supervision of the conduct of a primary election; creating an offense. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 48 | Crime Executive Branch Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a commission to review convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1438 | Family and Children Issues Health Labor and Employment |
Relating to probate matters, including guardianships and other matters related to incapacitated persons. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3139 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to prompt action by certain holders of preferred debt and lien claims against secured property of a decedent's estate. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2721 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to public notice of the time for voting during an early voting period. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3395 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the requirement that a candidate appoint a campaign treasurer before making certain expenditures. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2356 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the territory that may be included in a single county election precinct. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2840 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Military |
Relating to the eligibility of certain citizens residing outside the United States to vote a full ballot. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 4032 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to erecting certain signs on private property before an election. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2381 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the appointment and duties of election officers. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1313 | Executive Branch Judiciary Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to ensuring the removal of the names of deceased persons from the jury wheel. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3657 | Education Health Insurance Labor and Employment |
Relating to a study of the use of regional rating for health coverage provided under the uniform group coverage program for certain active school employees and their dependents. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3316 | Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to the time for recording a durable power of attorney for certain real property transactions. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2775 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to a petition filed in connection with an application for a place on the ballot. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2235 | Executive Branch |
Relating to the eligibility requirements of a notary public. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3157 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to notice of cancellation of elections. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3095 | Health Legal Issues |
Relating to durable powers of attorney and advance directives. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1090 | Crime Judiciary Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to exemption of certain firefighters and police officers from jury service. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1695 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to Internet access to certain district court family dockets. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3456 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the composition of a district executive committee of a political party. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 681 | Crime Labor and Employment Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain persons, including elected officials convicted of certain crimes. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2160 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to the release of election judges' and clerks' contact information. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3662 | Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to recovery of damages, attorney's fees, and costs related to frivolous regulatory actions by state agencies. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3573 | Labor and Employment Senior Issues |
Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3163 | Environmental Legal Issues |
Relating to civil suits filed against board members of a groundwater conservation district and the liability of a member for certain actions taken by the board. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2303 | Legal Issues Recreation Transportation |
Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 913 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the requirements pertaining to a ballot to be voted by mail and materials accompanying the official carrier envelope. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1265 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Insurance |
Relating to a deceptive act or practice involving a solicitation in connection with a good or service or involving the production, sale, distribution, or promotion of certain synthetic substances. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 766 | Senior Issues |
Relating to the restructuring of certain fund accounts of the Texas County and District Retirement System. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 1666 | Health Labor and Employment Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to the liability of certain persons for damages arising from training exercises to prepare the persons to respond to certain emergencies. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 1996 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to holding a primary election for a political party in a county without party leadership. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 22 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; creating a criminal offense. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 63 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Indigenous Peoples Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to state collaboration with federally recognized Indian tribes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 364 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 217 | Business and Consumers Commerce Housing and Property Public Services |
Relating to the services provided by a colonia self-help center. | 05/25/2015 |
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