Below is a list of bills from the 84th legislative session that have become law. Not every bill that passes both chambers becomes law. After the session adjourns, the governor has 20 days to veto bills. See a list of vetoed bills.
| Bill | Description | Effective Date |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1 | General Appropriations Bill. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2 | Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4 | Relating to prekindergarten, including a high quality prekindergarten grant program provided by public school districts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 6 | Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 7 | Relating to certain fiscal matters affecting governmental entities; reducing or affecting the amounts or rates of certain taxes, assessments, surcharges, and fees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 9 | Relating to the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 10 | Relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related criminal offenses; to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment of those offenses, and to compensation paid to victims of those offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 11 | Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 12 | Relating to the border prosecution unit. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 18 | Relating to measures to support public school student academic achievement and high school, college, and career preparation. | Effective immediately |
| HB 19 | Relating to a preventive services program and mental health programs for veterans and military families. | Effective immediately |
| HB 20 | Relating to the operations of and transportation planning and expenditures by the Texas Department of Transportation and planning organizations. | Effective immediately |
| HB 21 | Relating to authorizing patients with certain terminal illnesses to access certain investigational drugs, biological products, and devices that are in clinical trials. | Effective immediately |
| HB 23 | Relating to disclosure of certain relationships with local government officers and vendors; creating criminal offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 26 | Relating to state economic development measures, including administration of the Texas Enterprise Fund, creation of the Economic Incentive Oversight Board and the governor's university research initiative, abolishment of the Texas emerging technology fund, and renaming the Major Events trust fund to the Major Events Reimbursement Program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 30 | Relating to the development of seawater and brackish groundwater. | Effective immediately |
| HB 32 | Relating to the computation and rates of the franchise tax; decreasing tax rates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 39 | Relating to guardianships for incapacitated persons and to substitutes for guardianships for certain adults with disabilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 40 | Relating to the exclusive jurisdiction of this state to regulate oil and gas operations in this state and the express preemption of local regulation of those operations. | Effective immediately |
| HB 48 | Relating to the creation of a commission to review convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions. | Effective immediately |
| HB 74 | Relating to certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in certain rural areas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 75 | Relating to the exemption from vehicle registration for certain farm vehicles owned by a farmers' cooperative society or marketing association. | Effective immediately |
| HB 100 | Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 104 | Relating to the practice of barbering and cosmetology at certain events. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 114 | Relating to the issuance of certain capital appreciation bonds by political subdivisions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 115 | Relating to the criteria for awarding the Texas Purple Heart Medal to members of the armed forces wounded or killed at Fort Hood on November 5, 2009. | Effective immediately |
| HB 120 | Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain division personnel. | Effective immediately |
| HB 121 | Relating to an alternative means of payment of certain past due criminal fines and court costs. | Effective immediately |
| HB 122 | Relating to the Texas Mobility Fund. | Effective immediately |
| HB 127 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Commendation Medal. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 157 | Relating to the rates of sales and use taxes imposed by municipalities; authorizing an increase or decrease in the rate of those taxes. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 158 | Relating to the allocation and use of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 163 | Relating to interstate cooperation to address regional water issues. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 168 | Relating to privileged parking for Distinguished Flying Cross medal recipients. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 177 | Relating to the research, collection, and use of adult stem cells. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 181 | Relating to information printed by school districts on high school diplomas. | Effective immediately |
| HB 188 | Relating to the composition, duties, and continuation of the human trafficking prevention task force. | Effective immediately |
| HB 189 | Relating to the statute of limitations for a suit for personal injury arising from certain offenses constituting sexual abuse of a child or for certain sexual assault offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 194 | Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Gold Star Mothers. | Effective immediately |
| HB 197 | Relating to requiring certain public institutions of higher education to post information regarding mental health resources on the institution's Internet website. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 200 | Relating to the regulation of groundwater. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 207 | Relating to creating the offense of voyeurism; providing a penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 211 | Relating to resuming a criminal case after a defendant is determined to be competent to stand trial. | Effective immediately |
| HB 218 | Relating to certification requirements for teachers in bilingual education. | Effective immediately |
| HB 219 | Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 229 | Relating to the disposition of certain surplus motor vehicles and other law enforcement equipment by the Texas Facilities Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 239 | Relating to storage of flammable liquids at retail service stations in unincorporated areas and certain municipalities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 257 | 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. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 262 | Relating to liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of land that allows land to be used as a community garden. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 263 | Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 274 | Relating to the enforcement of municipal rules, ordinances, or police regulations prohibiting illegal dumping; increasing a penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 275 | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of farm products. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 280 | Relating to the information required to be posted by the Texas Water Development Board on the board's Internet website regarding the use of the state water implementation fund for Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 283 | Relating to the requirement that certain governmental bodies make audio and video recordings of open meetings available on the Internet. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 307 | Relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program for certain criminal justice programs and services. | Effective immediately |
| HB 311 | Relating to an executory contract for the conveyance of real property; providing a civil penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 315 | Relating to the issuance of "In God We Trust" specialty license plates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 324 | Relating to a requirement that a peace officer obtain a search warrant before conducting a body cavity search during a traffic stop. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 326 | Relating to information provided by electronic means in support of the issuance of a search warrant. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 331 | Relating to the sealing of certain court documents filed electronically in a child protection suit. | Effective immediately |
| HB 369 | Relating to designating May 24 as Lung Cancer Awareness Day. | Effective immediately |
| HB 372 | Relating to the monitoring of the Internet access of certain sex offenders placed on community supervision or released on parole or to mandatory supervision. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 388 | Relating to the duration of protective orders issued in cases of family violence against persons who are subsequently confined or imprisoned. | Effective immediately |
| HB 389 | Relating to the Montgomery County Hospital District. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 394 | Relating to the information in ad valorem tax appraisal records that may not be posted on the Internet by an appraisal district. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 408 | Relating to the retirement benefits for certain elected state officials. | Effective immediately |
| HB 416 | Relating to requiring personnel of abortion facilities and certain other facilities performing abortions to complete training on human trafficking. | Effective immediately |
| HB 418 | Relating to child victims of trafficking who are placed in secure foster homes. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 426 | Relating to the acceptance of employment applications through the online system for listing state agency employment openings maintained by the Texas Workforce Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 431 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend revisions to any state laws pertaining to juvenile records. | Effective immediately |
| HB 437 | Relating to eligibility to participate in health benefit programs for certain state employees reemployed after military service. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 440 | Relating to adapting the public school physical education curriculum to accommodate the needs of students with mental disabilities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 441 | Relating to the use of a court order as an occupational license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 445 | Relating to providing notice of the availability of paid leave for military service to public officers and employees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 463 | Relating to the ability to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on a state highway right-of-way. | Effective immediately |
| HB 473 | Relating to a prohibition on the sale or transfer of certain law enforcement vehicles before removal of certain equipment and insignia. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 479 | Relating to the transfer of the regional emergency medical dispatch resource centers program to the Commission on State Emergency Communications and a pilot project to provide emergency telemedicine medical services in rural areas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 480 | Relating to retaining a reserve investigator by a prosecuting attorney. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 481 | Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 1301 in Wharton County as the Master Sergeant Mike C. Pea Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 483 | Relating to the establishment and administration of a state bullion depository; authorizing fees. | Effective immediately |
| HB 484 | Relating to the eligibility of a person to be a candidate for or holder of certain public elective offices. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 495 | Relating to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to provide grants to nursing education programs. | Effective immediately |
| HB 497 | Relating to the applicability of the law governing saltwater pipeline facilities located in the vicinity of public roads. | Effective immediately |
| HB 504 | Relating to designating the second full week in September as Direct Support Professionals Week. | Effective immediately |
| HB 505 | Relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may enroll. | Effective immediately |
| HB 510 | Relating to disclosure of certain information about expert witnesses in a criminal case. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 511 | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 518 | Relating to certain waivers by a defendant regarding a community supervision revocation hearing. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 530 | Relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to provide college scholarships to children of peace officers killed in the line of duty and to an annual report regarding the total value of forfeited property in this state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 554 | Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of possessing or carrying a weapon in or into the secured area of an airport. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 565 | Relating to powers of private toll project entities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 574 | Relating to the operation of certain managed care plans with respect to certain physicians and health care providers; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 577 | Relating to pay, benefits and requirements for state active duty service members. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 583 | Relating to donations to certain local veteran's charities ordered as a condition of community supervision. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 593 | Relating to canine encounter training for peace officers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 598 | Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County as the Bob Luman Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 601 | Relating to the premises covered by mixed beverage permits for certain county-owned facilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 606 | Relating to a study on the benefits of prenatal surgical procedures to treat birth defects. | Effective immediately |
| HB 621 | Relating to the termination of a volunteer deputy registrar appointment. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 634 | Relating to the rights of a guardian of a person in the criminal justice system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 635 | Relating to the disposition of fetal remains. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 638 | Relating to annuity payments to surviving spouses and designated beneficiaries of persons wrongfully imprisoned. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 642 | Relating to an alcohol awareness program or drug education program for certain minors convicted of or adjudicated to have engaged in, or placed on deferred disposition or community supervision for, certain drug or alcohol related offenses; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 643 | Relating to the procedures for discharging bail in certain criminal proceedings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 644 | Relating to the contents of a search warrant and to the offense of tampering with a governmental record consisting of a search warrant. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 655 | Relating to the storage and recovery of water in aquifers; authorizing fees and surcharges; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| HB 658 | Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Fort Bend County. | Effective immediately |
| HB 663 | Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 207 in Armstrong County as the William Hamblen Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| HB 671 | Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Stephen F. Austin State University; authorizing imposition of a fee. | Effective immediately |
| HB 679 | Relating to a study on homeless youth. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 685 | Relating to the production of public information under the public information law. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 699 | Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to establish a policy on campus sexual assault. | Effective immediately |
| HB 700 | Relating to the repeal of the Texas B-On-time student loan program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 705 | Relating to access to a financial institution account of a person who dies intestate. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 706 | Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation of property on which a solar or wind-powered energy device is installed or constructed. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 710 | Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 716 | Relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards. | Effective immediately |
| HB 721 | Relating to the hunting or fishing license fee waiver for certain disabled veterans. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 731 | Relating to a pilot program under the foundation school program for funding prekindergarten programs provided by certain school districts with early high school graduation programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 735 | Relating to the collection of information regarding the number of alternatively fueled vehicles registered in this state. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 743 | Relating to the essential knowledge and skills of the required public school curriculum and to certain assessment instruments for public school students. | Effective immediately |
| HB 744 | Relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school districts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 751 | Relating to the prescription and pharmaceutical substitution of biological products; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 763 | Relating to a petition to a state agency for adoption of rules. | Effective immediately |
| HB 764 | Relating to the use, collection, and security of health care data collected by the Department of State Health Services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 771 | Relating to funding for the Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 781 | Relating to caregiver screening and training by substitute care providers for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 786 | Relating to the right of a public employee to express breast milk in the workplace. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 789 | Relating to license plates issued to retired members of the military. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 790 | Relating to a study on the implementation and effectiveness of sound mitigation measures on certain highways. | Effective immediately |
| HB 792 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for antique buses. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 796 | Relating to the purchase of certain insurance coverage and the performance of related risk management services for the Texas State University System and the component institutions of that system. | Effective immediately |
| HB 801 | Relating to planning for the use of and liability resulting from prescribed burns by the Parks and Wildlife Department. | Effective immediately |
| HB 804 | Relating to the forms of payment that the operator of a vehicle storage facility must accept. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 819 | Relating to the definition of a public health nuisance; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| HB 821 | Relating to the requirements of certain minors applying for a hunting or fishing license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 824 | Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages to customers of a package store during certain hours. | Effective immediately |
| HB 825 | Relating to procedures for identifying any Native American heritage of children in certain hearings in suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 826 | Relating to the provision of information relating to the modification of a child support order in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 830 | Relating to the issuance of Alamo specialty license plates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 831 | Relating to disclosure of home mortgage information to a surviving spouse. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 833 | Relating to certain holders of motor home manufacturer's and dealer's licenses. | Effective immediately |
| HB 834 | Relating to the criteria for issuing a silver alert for a missing senior citizen. | Effective immediately |
| HB 855 | Relating to the compatibility of state agency websites with certain devices and Internet browsers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 866 | Relating to the exemption from jury service of a person who is the primary caretaker of another person. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 867 | Relating to the establishment and operation of the Texas Women Veterans Program. | Effective immediately |
| HB 870 | Relating to the investment training requirement for certain local government financial officers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 872 | Relating to the reactivation of a peace officer license; authorizing fees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 875 | Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 884 | Relating to the abolishment of the Orange County child support office and to the divorce and contempt fees paid in Orange County. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 885 | Relating to certain county bail bond boards. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 896 | Relating to creating a criminal offense regarding the breach of computer security. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 903 | Relating to the investment of a percentage of the economic stabilization fund balance in excess of the sufficient balance. | Effective immediately |
| HB 904 | Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's sentence. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 905 | Relating to the regulation of knives by a municipality or county. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 906 | Relating to the qualifications for appointment as a veterans county service officer. | Effective immediately |
| HB 908 | Relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary Commission. | Effective immediately |
| HB 909 | Relating to the tasting of alcoholic beverages by students enrolled in certain courses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 910 | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offenses. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 923 | Relating to the issuance of 36th Infantry Division specialty license plates and souvenir license plates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 930 | Relating to water well drillers and pump installers; authorizing fees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 931 | Relating to an individual's eligibility to receive unemployment compensation benefits on the individual's waiting period claim. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 939 | Relating to unenforceable restrictive covenants regarding standby electric generators affecting residential homes. | Effective immediately |
| HB 941 | Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 942 | Relating to the storage of certain hazardous chemicals; transferring enforcement of certain reporting requirements, including the imposition of criminal, civil, and administrative penalties, from the Department of State Health Services to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; reenacting a criminal offense. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 943 | Relating to the applicability of a wage and salary presumption to an incarcerated person for purposes of determining child support obligations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 949 | Relating to the obligation of certain retail public utilities to mitigate their system water loss. | Effective immediately |
| HB 966 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 968 | Relating to civil liability of shareholders and members of certain legal entities that engage in the trafficking of persons. | Effective immediately |
| HB 975 | Relating to charitable raffles conducted by certain professional sports team charitable foundations; creating a criminal offense. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 978 | Relating to the designation of the Route 66 Historic Corridor. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 991 | Relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for motor fuel sold at retail. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 992 | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the total appraised value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 994 | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property used to collect, process, and deliver landfill-generated gas. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1000 | Relating to state support for general academic teaching institutions in this state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1022 | Relating to the eligibility for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of certain persons with a life estate in the homestead property. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1026 | Relating to eligibility for appointment as a tabulation supervisor in an election. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1036 | Relating to reporting requirements for certain injuries or deaths caused by peace officers and for certain injuries or deaths of peace officers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1038 | Relating to premium payment assistance for insurance coverage for hemophilia medical treatment. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1039 | Relating to the sale by package stores of containers of liquor with a capacity of less than six fluid ounces. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1040 | Relating to the liability of certain sports officials and organizations. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1042 | Relating to the designation of a site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1044 | Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 423 in Denton County as the U.S. Army Sergeant Enrique Mondragon Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1050 | Relating to liability of food donors. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1051 | Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Ellis County. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1052 | Relating to designating September as Hydrocephalus Awareness Month. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1054 | Relating to developmental education programs under the Texas Success Initiative for public institutions of higher education. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1061 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with public duties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1077 | Relating to the membership of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1079 | Relating to the distribution of certain civil penalties, payments, and civil restitution received by the attorney general. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1080 | Relating to the definition of a state judge for purposes of state driver's license and personal identification laws. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1083 | Relating to a mental health assessment of certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1094 | Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1101 | Relating to extending the period over which the balance of the system benefit fund is to be eliminated. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1114 | Relating to the authority with whom certain political committees must file reports of political contributions and expenditures. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1128 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Combat Action Badge, Medal, or Ribbon. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1133 | Relating to the composition of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1140 | Relating to the confinement of pregnant prisoners in county jails. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1144 | Relating to establishing a task force to examine the adjudication, disposition, and registration of juvenile sex offenders. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1146 | Relating to persons who may operate a public water supply system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1148 | Relating to the investment training requirement for certain municipal officers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1150 | Relating to the sale of fireworks on and before certain holidays; affecting a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1151 | Relating to sexual harassment protection for unpaid interns. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1164 | Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to conduct a study to develop a writing assessment method for public school students and establish a pilot program to administer the assessment method developed. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1170 | Relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain laws regarding local governments and political subdivisions. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1171 | Relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability laws to open-enrollment charter schools. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1180 | Relating to certain information included on a searchable database on the Department of Family and Protective Services' Internet website. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1184 | Relating to authorizing certain utility cost savings and alternative fuel programs as eligible for local government energy savings performance contracts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1186 | Relating to the validation of certain actions relating to municipal airport zoning regulations. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1187 | Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1190 | Relating to the compensation of property owners whose property is damaged as a result of a pursuit involving a federal law enforcement agency. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1212 | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act and the regulation and scheduling of certain substances. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1217 | Relating to certain reporting requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services regarding child protection, including reporting information for certain foster children who are missing or are victims of sex trafficking. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1219 | Relating to a provisional license to practice funeral directing or embalming; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1221 | Relating to seller's disclosures in connection with residential real property subject to groundwater regulation. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1224 | Relating to the purposes for which the assets of certain revolving funds administered by the Texas Water Development Board may be used. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1232 | Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the hydrology and geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers in this state. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1237 | Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Hays and Travis Counties as the Lieutenant Clay Crabb Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1246 | Relating to the methods of delivery for required financial statement forms sent to certain municipal officeholders and candidates for municipal office. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1251 | Relating to the transfer of compensation experience for purposes of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1252 | Relating to uniform weighing procedures requirements for motor vehicle weight enforcement officers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1261 | Relating to the comptroller's report on the effect of certain tax provisions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1264 | Relating to the preservation of toxicological evidence collected in connection with certain intoxication offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1265 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1273 | Relating to certain military specialty license plates. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1277 | Relating to requirements for annexation of certain commercial or industrial areas by a general-law municipality. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1278 | Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1286 | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1287 | Relating to a requirement that each state university's Internet website include a link to certain employment data. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1289 | Relating to the acquisition and sale of unimproved real property by an urban land bank. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1293 | Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of stalking; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1295 | Relating to the disclosure of research, research sponsors, and interested parties by persons contracting with governmental entities and state agencies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1300 | Relating to eligibility requirements for admission of certain persons to educator preparation programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1305 | Relating to a program to provide a free or reduced-price breakfast to eligible students attending a public school and the method of determining the number of educationally disadvantaged students. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1306 | Relating to the reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters in judicial districts composed of more than one county. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1309 | Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to a child in foster care or in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1311 | Relating to the confidentiality of personal information concerning certain employees currently or formerly involved in the Texas juvenile justice system. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1317 | Relating to a report on laws, standards, and policies regarding parking for persons with disabilities to be prepared by the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1321 | Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1329 | Relating to the payment of costs incurred by the involuntary commitment of persons with mental illness. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1331 | Relating to the treatment and recycling for beneficial use of certain waste arising out of or incidental to the drilling for or production of oil or gas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1334 | Relating to the appeal of a residential eviction suit. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1337 | Relating to requiring institutions and assisted living facilities to maintain guardianship orders of residents. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1338 | Relating to training for peace officers and first responders on certain persons affected by trauma. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1360 | Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from registration fees. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1364 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1376 | Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to community supervision and corrections department officers and juvenile probation officers; reducing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1378 | Relating to the fiscal transparency and accountability of political subdivisions. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1386 | Relating to the prohibition of more than one counsel appearing in a misdemeanor case. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1388 | Relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by firefighters and emergency medical technicians. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1394 | Relating to the composition, governance, and authority of a regional tollway authority that has or proposes to have projects located in counties that are not part of the authority. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1396 | Relating to certain criminal offenses, punishments, and procedures; the construction of certain statutes and rules that create or define criminal offenses and penalties; a review of certain penal laws of this state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1403 | Relating to the definition of health care liability claim for the purposes of certain laws governing those claims. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1415 | Relating to establishment or use of cemeteries in certain municipalities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1417 | Relating to peace officer identification cards. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1421 | Relating to fees charged by the Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation District. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1424 | Relating to increasing penalties for defendants convicted of the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1428 | Relating to the administration of housing funds set aside for persons with disabilities through the homebuyer assistance program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1430 | Relating to the inclusion of mental health in the public services endorsement on a public school diploma and in information about health science career pathways. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1431 | Relating to the development of a career-oriented foreign language program that public schools may offer. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1436 | Relating to appeals regarding dangerous dogs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1438 | Relating to probate matters, including guardianships and other matters related to incapacitated persons. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1443 | Relating to the Texas Identification Number system. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1446 | Relating to reimbursement of certain medical costs for victims of certain sex offenses, compensation to victims of stalking for relocation and housing rental expenses, and the creation of a governor's program for victims of child sex trafficking. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1447 | Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1449 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1454 | Relating to notice, reporting, and records requirements for holders of certain personal property that is or may be presumed abandoned. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 1455 | Relating to procedures required before certain condominium associations file a suit or initiate an arbitration proceeding for a defect or design claim. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1463 | Relating to the procedure for canceling an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of an individual who is 65 years of age or older. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1464 | Relating to the procedure for determining that certain land is no longer eligible for appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1466 | Relating to Parks and Wildlife Department procedures for the transfer of ownership of boats or outboard motors; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1474 | Relating to the placement of money in the state instructional materials fund and payment of the instructional materials allotment. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1481 | Relating to prohibiting the operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1491 | Relating to the publication of confidential criminal and juvenile justice records of certain juveniles; providing civil penalties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1492 | Relating to consideration of asbestos or silica trust claims in certain actions asserting asbestos- or silica-related injuries. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1500 | Relating to certain temporary orders in a suit for modification of an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1514 | Relating to health insurance identification cards issued by qualified health plan issuers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1535 | Relating to rates of and certificates of convenience and necessity for certain non-ERCOT electric utilities; authorizing a surcharge. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1546 | Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1549 | Relating to nonsubstantive corrections in statutes to references to the Texas Youth Commission and Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1550 | Relating to the administration of epinephrine by pharmacists. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 1551 | Relating to money distributed by the School Land Board to the available school fund or to the State Board of Education for investment in the permanent school fund. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1558 | Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate churches that provide overnight shelter for children. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1559 | Relating to public school Internet website information concerning local programs and services available to assist homeless students. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1560 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1579 | Relating to the sale and purchase of shark fins or products derived from shark fins; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 1583 | Relating to block scheduling for certain associate degree and certificate programs at public junior colleges. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1584 | Relating to a voluntary donation to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a hunting or fishing license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1595 | Relating to testing certain defendants or confined persons for communicable diseases. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1598 | Relating to the Texas military forces oath of affirmation. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1605 | Relating to the issuance of the Texas Airport Directory; eliminating a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1606 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1613 | Relating to the alignment of college readiness standards and expectations and essential knowledge and skills and the use to satisfy requirements concerning high school end-of-course assessment instruments of performance demonstrating satisfaction of certain college readiness benchmarks on certain assessment instruments designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1617 | Relating to authorizing certain real property transactions involving the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1621 | Relating to utilization review and notice and appeal of certain adverse determinations by utilization review agents. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1624 | Relating to transparency of certain information related to certain health benefit plan coverage. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1626 | Relating to the designation of certain areas as banking or credit union development districts to encourage the establishment of branches of banks or credit unions in those areas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1640 | Relating to the compatibility of certain defense community regulations and structures with military operations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1657 | Relating to the determination of an experience-rated employer's eligibility for a surplus credit rate under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1661 | Relating to Medicaid billing for the services of substitute dentists. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1662 | Relating to the exemption of certain property from municipal drainage service charges. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1665 | Relating to notice of water level fluctuations to purchasers of real property adjoining an impoundment of water. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1666 | Relating to the liability of certain persons for damages arising from training exercises to prepare the persons to respond to certain emergencies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1670 | Relating to the possession and removal of a placenta from a hospital or birthing center. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1678 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1679 | Relating to the continuation of the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1681 | Relating to the authority of a county clerk to require an individual to present photo identification to file certain documents in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1683 | Relating to an identifying number assigned to a notary public by the secretary of state. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1690 | Relating to the investigation and prosecution of offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1692 | Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1702 | Relating to the elimination of the fee for the Gold Star mother, father, spouse, or family member specialty license plate. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1706 | Relating to reducing paperwork and duplicate reports required of a school district. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1707 | Relating to the methods by which a political subdivision may submit contributions to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1709 | Relating to the closing, abandoning, and vacating of a public road by a county; authorizing the imposition of a fee. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1716 | Relating to the term for a lease of land owned by certain navigation districts. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1717 | Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy taxes by certain municipalities for ecological and space exploration-related tourism. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1725 | Relating to the composition of local boards of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1733 | Relating to automobile liability insurance for transportation network company drivers. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1736 | Relating to building energy efficiency performance standards. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1740 | Relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local rabies control program. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1741 | Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1756 | Relating to the board of trustees of and distribution of certain benefits by a retirement system for firefighters in certain municipalities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1762 | Relating to the creation of a health care advocacy program for veterans. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1769 | Relating to requirements for assisted living facility license applicants. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1771 | Relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1774 | Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1779 | Relating to the disclosure in certain judicial proceedings of confidential communications between a physician and a patient and confidential patient records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1781 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1782 | Relating to protective orders against certain persons who are convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense involving family violence. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1783 | Relating to the right of a school employee to report a crime, persons subject to the prohibition on coercing another into suppressing or failing to report information to a law enforcement agency, and the reporting of criminal history record information of educators and other public school employees who engage in certain misconduct; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1786 | Relating to the transfer of driver and traffic safety education from the Texas Education Agency and the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; changing the amounts of certain fees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1790 | Relating to job performance on behalf of a fire fighter or police officer who is recovering from an off-duty injury. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1793 | Relating to reports of certain missing children and to the administration of missing or exploited children prevention grants. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1794 | Relating to suits brought by local governments for violations of certain laws under the jurisdiction of, or rules adopted or orders or permits issued by, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; affecting civil penalties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1804 | Relating to notice by campuses and open-enrollment charter schools about events that may significantly impact the education of certain foster children. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1807 | Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to maintain an inventory of postsecondary educational programs and services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1814 | Relating to the online renewal of driver's licenses of certain active duty military personnel and relatives. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1832 | Relating to the requirements for and confidentiality of state agency continuity of operations plans. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1833 | Relating to agreements of certain counties to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate a toll bridge. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1841 | Relating to the applicability of the sales and use tax to certain insurance services. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 1842 | Relating to public school accountability, including the intervention in and sanction of a public school that has received an academically unsuccessful performance rating for at least two consecutive school years and the designation of a school district as a district of innovation. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1846 | Relating to public comments on federal grants and contracts related to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1853 | Relating to the removal of a tenant's personal property after a writ of possession has been issued in an eviction suit. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1874 | Relating to the establishment of the Palliative Care Interdisciplinary Advisory Council. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1878 | Relating to the provision of telemedicine medical services in a school-based setting, including the reimbursement of providers under the Medicaid program for those services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1879 | Relating to exemptions from continuing education requirements for certain county commissioners. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1881 | Relating to authorizing certain private schools to charge fees for processing or handling certain payments or payment transactions. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1887 | Relating to the establishment of a regional center for public safety excellence in the Rio Grande Valley. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1888 | Relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits and the operation of commercial motor vehicles; authorizing a fee; increasing a penalty. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 1890 | Relating to the development and implementation of a statewide strategy for legacy system modernization. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1902 | Relating to the regulation and use of graywater and alternative onsite water. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1905 | Relating to certain state and local taxes, including ad valorem taxes, and to the repeal of certain of those taxes. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 1908 | Relating to the continuity of care for offenders with mental impairments. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1912 | Relating to employment of a statewide data coordinator in the Department of Information Resources. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1914 | Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles considers the eligibility of certain inmates for release on parole. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1919 | Relating to the applicability of certain provisions concerning invasive species. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1923 | Relating to qualifications of special judges. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1924 | Relating to the authority of a psychologist to delegate certain care to an intern. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1925 | Relating to the transfer of the Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Program to the Parks and Wildlife Department. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1927 | Relating to the procedures for applying for a ballot to be voted by mail; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1930 | Relating to strategic planning for the operation of community supervision and corrections departments. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1933 | Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1934 | Relating to the Beef Promotion and Research Council of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1937 | Relating to procedures and eligibility for terminating participation in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas deferred retirement option plan. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1945 | Relating to the provision of direct primary care. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1949 | Relating to the annexation of certain roads and areas adjacent to those roads. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1953 | Relating to the deadline for counties and municipalities to provide notice of a proposed property tax rate. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 1963 | Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 87 as the Texas Game Warden Michael C. Pauling Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1964 | Relating to certain convention center hotel projects. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1969 | Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 1982 | Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the University of Houston. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1992 | Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1993 | Relating to the authorization of independent school districts to use electronic means to notify parents of a student's academic performance. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2000 | Relating to the purchase of certain commodity items by an entity other than a state agency. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2002 | Relating to the recycling of county surplus or salvage property. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2014 | Relating to the authority of military personnel to obtain certification to teach career and technology education classes in public schools. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2020 | Relating to the scope of duties of an emergency medical technician-paramedic and a licensed paramedic. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2022 | Relating to the maximum capacity of a container of wine sold to a retail dealer; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2025 | Relating to participation of certain school districts in the three-year high school diploma plan pilot program. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2027 | Relating to establishing precincts for elections held on a uniform election date by certain political subdivisions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2031 | Relating to the diversion, treatment, and use of marine seawater and the discharge of treated marine seawater and waste resulting from the desalination of marine seawater; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2033 | Relating to authorizing counties to require the submission of digital maps in connection with the county plat approval process. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2037 | Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2038 | Relating to legal representation for certain emergency services districts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2049 | Relating to indemnification and duties of engineers and architects under certain governmental contracts. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2050 | Relating to voter information provided by a voter registrar to the secretary of state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2052 | Relating to loss damage waivers in connection with the rental of certain heavy equipment; providing penalties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2053 | Relating to the protection of certain children who may be subject to child abuse or neglect through the operation of the child safety check alert list and training for law enforcement officers relating to the child safety check alert list. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2055 | Relating to the establishment of a sentinel surveillance program for emerging and neglected tropical diseases. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2066 | Relating to the rescission of nonjudicial foreclosure sales. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2067 | Relating to the rescission or waiver of an acceleration of the maturity date of certain debt secured by a lien on real property. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2070 | Relating to certain requirements for certain facilities licensed by the Department of Family and Protective Services and the department's enforcement authority. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2076 | Relating to notice requirements and other procedures relating to the possession or sale of a motor vehicle, motorboat, vessel, or outboard motor by a possessory lienholder. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2079 | Relating to the designation of May as Postpartum Depression Awareness Month. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2083 | Relating to the determination of the appraised value of property for purposes of an ad valorem tax protest or appeal. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 2108 | Relating to a medal for certain members of the military forces who served during the Cold War. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2115 | Relating to the initial inspection period for motor vehicles purchased by certain commercial fleet buyers. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2119 | Relating to charitable organizations, including charitable organizations that may conduct prescribed burning. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2121 | Relating to the repeal of obsolete laws governing county road systems in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2123 | Relating to participation of the state military forces in the state group benefits program. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 2131 | Relating to the designation of centers of excellence to achieve healthy fetal outcomes in this state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2134 | Relating to allowing a governmental body to request clarification of a request for public information by electronic mail. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2135 | Relating to the purchasing of a firearm of an honorably retired or deceased peace officer. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2145 | Relating to provisional authority for certain individual insurance license applicants to act as insurance agents; authorizing a fee; requiring an occupational provisional permit; adding provisions that may be subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2150 | Relating to the organization of a grand jury. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2152 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the state military forces. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2154 | Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2159 | Relating to requiring the payment of restitution as a condition of community supervision for offenses involving family violence committed in the presence of certain children. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2160 | Relating to the release of election judges' and clerks' contact information. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2162 | Relating to municipal regulation of the use of alarm systems; authorizing a municipal fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2167 | Relating to certain images captured by an unmanned aircraft. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2168 | Relating to the payment date for annuities from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2171 | Relating to information maintained in the immunization registry with the consent of an individual after the individual becomes an adult. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2179 | Relating to hearings that concern the issuance of permits by a groundwater conservation district. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2181 | Relating to designating the Interstate Highway 45 causeway to Galveston the George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2185 | Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a DNA specimen. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2186 | Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2187 | Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; imposing an administrative penalty; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2189 | Relating to a developmentally disabled offender program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2193 | Relating to the office of a public defender appointed by the Commissioners Court of Randall County. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2194 | Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2205 | Relating to the State Board for Educator Certification, educator preparation programs, educator certification, issuance of certain teaching permits, and certain procedures for investigating educator misconduct. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2206 | Relating to the transfer of the oversight of the Texas State Cemetery to the State Preservation Board and to the creation of the State Cemetery preservation trust fund. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2207 | Relating to the foreclosure sale of property subject to an oil or gas lease. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 2208 | Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county tax assessor-collector. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2213 | Relating to the tow rotation list in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2216 | Relating to information required of an applicant for a driver's license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2230 | Relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize an injection well used for oil and gas waste disposal to be used for the disposal of nonhazardous brine produced by a desalination operation or nonhazardous drinking water treatment residuals. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2232 | Relating to the creation of regional military sustainability commissions for certain military installations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2235 | Relating to the eligibility requirements of a notary public. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2244 | Relating to the regulation of medical waste; adding and amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2246 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2251 | Relating to an established schedule of payments from the foundation school fund of the yearly entitlement of certain open-enrollment charter schools. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2257 | Relating to certain emergency services districts that are exempted from filing an audit report. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2261 | Relating to the transfer or termination of certain timeshare interests. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2265 | Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 154 in Wood and Hopkins Counties as the Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2272 | Relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy sheriffs. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2278 | Relating to authorizing certain current and retired associate judges to conduct a marriage ceremony. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2286 | Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2290 | Relating to designating January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2291 | Relating to the payment of restitution to certain individuals depicted in child pornography and to increasing the punishment for certain individuals convicted of the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2293 | Relating to the certification by the comptroller to the commissioner of education of the taxable value of property in each school district. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 2296 | Relating to regulation by a municipality of the possession of an open container or the public consumption of alcoholic beverages. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2299 | Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain laws concerning community supervision granted in criminal cases, including conforming amendments. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 2300 | Relating to eliminating telegraph transmission as a method to communicate certain information in a criminal case. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2303 | Relating to a landowner's liability for injuries incurred during certain recreational activities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2313 | Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for items sold by certain nonprofit organizations through a vending machine; adding a provision subject to a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2332 | Relating to the naming by the Texas Historical Commission of certain areas without historical value that are on historic sites. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2339 | Relating to consumption of alcoholic beverages in public entertainment facilities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2340 | Relating to regulation of prescribed pediatric extended care centers; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2349 | Relating to public school assessment, performance standards, and course requirements. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2354 | Relating to changing the date of the May uniform election. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2358 | Relating to the exemption from certain registration and licensing requirements and taxes for certain businesses and employees who enter this state in response to a disaster or emergency. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2366 | Relating to the notation on the precinct list of registered voters that a voter voted early. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2372 | Relating to training requirements for juvenile correctional officers employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2390 | Relating to civil liability arising from an employee wellness program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2394 | Relating to the compelled production of certain customer records by a financial institution. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2396 | Relating to eliminating requirements that certain public institutions of higher education set aside portions of tuition for student loan repayment programs for certain physicians and state attorneys. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2398 | Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2400 | Relating to the sale of a new motor vehicle to certain manufacturers or distributors. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2404 | Relating to certain security devices for residential tenancies. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 2410 | Relating to the annual audit of the books and records of the Maverick County Hospital District. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2419 | Relating to the relationship between the Estates Code and the former Texas Probate Code. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2424 | Relating to fees paid to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2428 | Relating to the adoption of the Texas Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2430 | Relating to food and beverage consumption in certain public swimming pools. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2439 | Relating to inspections and other activities conducted by engineers in connection with the issuance of certain windstorm and hail insurance; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2455 | Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2463 | Relating to the continuation of the functions of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and certain other functions. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2464 | Relating to the transfer of a plumber's license on the retirement or death of the plumber. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2472 | Relating to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to The University of Texas at Austin. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2475 | Relating to the establishment of the center for alternative finance and procurement within the Texas Facilities Commission and to public and private partnerships; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2476 | Relating to the operations of health care funding districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2481 | Relating to the licensing and regulation of auctioneers, associate auctioneers, and auctions; requiring an occupational license; requiring a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2486 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2489 | Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of residential leases or rental agreements. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2491 | Relating to licensing and appointment of title insurance escrow officers; changing the limit applicable to a fee; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2498 | Relating to a compact with other states regarding the licensure of emergency medical services personnel and the authority of those personnel to perform job duties in this state and other states. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2499 | Relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2507 | Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for certain equipment used for digital audio broadcasting. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2511 | Relating to the creation of the human trafficking prevention business partnership. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2515 | Relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone at or adjacent to the Pharr port of entry. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2519 | Relating to expenditures made by emergency services districts and the sale of district property. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2521 | Relating to the allocation and use of payments received under oil and gas leases of land owned by the state for a county road. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 2528 | Relating to the authority of a water district to accept donations to fund certain economic development programs. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2533 | Relating to the repeal of an offense prohibiting offensive noise on a premises covered by an alcoholic beverage license or permit. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2536 | Relating to jurisdiction in an eminent domain proceeding in Harris County. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2540 | Relating to the designation of Spur 63 in Gregg County as the Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2547 | Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Fort Bend County. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2549 | Relating to the authority and operation of regional tollway authorities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2557 | Relating to certain hospital districts and to certain corporations or organizations formed by those districts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2558 | Relating to the length of a billing month for a propane gas customer. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2559 | Relating to leases and other agreements relating to real property entered into by certain hospital districts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2573 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2574 | Relating to increasing awareness of the danger of heatstroke for a child left unattended in a motor vehicle. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2583 | Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county sheriff. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2588 | Relating to disclosures by nursing facilities and assisted living facilities regarding certification or classification to provide specialized care, treatment, or personal care services to residents with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders and the authority of the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules defining those conditions; adding requirements for an occupational license. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2589 | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for assaulting a disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2590 | Relating to providing a remedy for fraud committed in certain real estate transactions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2593 | Relating to the sparsity adjustment for certain school districts under the Foundation School Program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2598 | Relating to the consideration of steel slag as solid waste by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2604 | Relating to a concealed handgun license application that is submitted by a peace officer or a member of the state military forces. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2610 | Relating to the minimum number of minutes of instruction for students to be provided by public school districts and the scheduling of the last day of school for students by public school districts. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2612 | Relating to a report to the legislature regarding the elimination of toll roads. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2628 | Relating to the development and alignment by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of curricula for certain educational programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2629 | Relating to unauthorized persons at public or private institutions of higher education in this state and to trespass, damage, or defacement occurring on the grounds of those institutions; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty and creating offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2630 | Relating to certain programs provided to families of children at risk for abuse and neglect. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2633 | Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2634 | Relating to the construction manager-at-risk used by a governmental entity. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2641 | Relating to the exchange of health information in this state; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2645 | Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving family violence and to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2646 | Relating to the disclosure of information regarding communicable diseases to first responders and certain entities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2655 | Relating to requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to study the effectiveness of the relative and other designated caregiver placement program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2660 | Relating to Foundation School Program funding for students enrolled in an optional flexible school day program. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2665 | Relating to access to and receipt of certain information regarding a ward by certain relatives of the ward. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2667 | Relating to the abolishment of certain programs administered by the Texas Economic Development Bank. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2680 | Relating to allocation of money from the law enforcement officer standards and education fund. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2684 | Relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2696 | Relating to a study on reducing workplace violence against nurses. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2697 | Relating to services provided by continuing care facilities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2706 | Relating to the value of personal property exempt from seizure by creditors. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2708 | Relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education course. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2710 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2712 | Relating to the temporary exemption of certain tangible personal property related to large data center projects from the sales and use tax. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2717 | Relating to the deregulation of hair braiding. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2718 | Relating to a program to allow faith- and community-based organizations to offer supplemental assistance to certain recipients of public assistance. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 2721 | Relating to public notice of the time for voting during an early voting period. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2732 | Relating to recovery of covered unemployment compensation debt through participation in the federal Treasury Offset Program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2735 | Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas annexed by a municipality. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2739 | Relating to the use of a concealed handgun license as valid proof of personal identification. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2747 | Relating to qualifications to serve as a petit juror. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2767 | Relating to the powers, duties, and administration of groundwater conservation districts; amending provisions that authorize fees. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2771 | Relating to employment activities of certain emergency response personnel for purposes of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2772 | Relating to the authority of certain economic development corporations to undertake and operate transportation-related projects. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2776 | Relating to certain premium discounts and rating programs for certain residential property insurance policies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2778 | Relating to the elections for which federal postcard applicant voters may be sent ballots by e-mail. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2789 | Relating to trauma-informed care training for certain employees of state supported living centers and intermediate care facilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2794 | Relating to a delayed birth certificate; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2804 | Relating to evaluation of public school performance. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2809 | Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2812 | Relating to the limit on junior college courses that a high school student may enroll in for dual credit and the calculation of average daily attendance for a school district or open-enrollment charter school. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2813 | Relating to health benefit plan coverage for ovarian cancer screening. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2827 | Relating to the definition of homeland security activity. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2828 | Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to obtain criminal history record information for certain persons, including employees, independent contractors, and volunteers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2849 | Relating to the qualifications for a coronal polishing certificate. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2851 | 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. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2878 | Relating to certain qualified residential rental assistance projects financed by private activity bonds. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2883 | Relating to the addition of territory to a crime control and prevention district and to a fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services district. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2891 | Relating to certain filing and reporting requirements for certain taxable entities. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 2894 | Relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2896 | Relating to apportionment of certain receipts of a broadcaster under the franchise tax. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 2900 | Relating to compliance with federal voting system standards. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2913 | Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2926 | Relating to low income housing tax credits awarded for at-risk developments. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2945 | Relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2946 | Relating to certain laws governing the intersections of railroad tracks and public roadways. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2950 | Relating to the Task Force on Infectious Disease Preparedness and Response. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2965 | Relating to administrative support positions with the Texas Military Department. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2968 | Relating to the preservation of the Alamo complex and surrounding area and to the Alamo Preservation Advisory Board. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 2974 | Relating to the systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3003 | Relating to the appointment of counsel in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3014 | Relating to the administration of "pay for success" contracts for state agencies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3024 | Relating to coordination of dental benefits under certain insurance policies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3028 | Relating to regulation of certain conduct by discount health care program operators, or concerning discount health care programs, that relates to prescription drugs or prescription drug benefits; authorizing administrative and civil penalties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3031 | Relating to the decertification of a certified capital company. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3062 | Relating to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3067 | Relating to the amount that may be donated by contract by certain populous counties to crime stoppers or crime prevention organizations. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3070 | Relating to the disposition of remains. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3074 | Relating to the provision of artificially administered nutrition and hydration and life-sustaining treatment. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3078 | Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to recommend a uniform pre-nursing curriculum for undergraduate professional nursing programs offered by public institutions of higher education. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3091 | Relating to the standards for boiler inspection agencies. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3092 | Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to provide protective services to certain persons determined to be at risk of future harm from abuse, neglect, or exploitation. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3106 | Relating to the period of time allowed for appointment of a board of managers for a school district. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3121 | Relating to the enforcement of orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3123 | Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3132 | Relating to eligibility requirements to act as a financial adviser or investment adviser in relation to certain public securities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3136 | Relating to the use of a small estate affidavit to distribute certain intestate estates. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3150 | Relating to the calculation of taxable wages paid by a professional employer organization for purposes of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3157 | Relating to notice of cancellation of elections. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3160 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3163 | 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. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3185 | Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3187 | Relating to assessments for water and energy improvements in municipalities and counties; changing a fee. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3190 | Relating to the authority of certain persons to direct, consent to, or disapprove a trustee's decisions. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3211 | Relating to training requirements for peace officers appointed to supervisory positions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3212 | Relating to peace officer identification cards. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3225 | Relating to lane restrictions for certain motor vehicles in highway construction or maintenance work zones. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3230 | Relating to the determination of eligible costs and expenses for purposes of the franchise tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3236 | Relating to the extension of the portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3244 | Relating to authorizing broker agreements for the sale of real property held in trust by home-rule municipalities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3245 | Relating to qualified nonprofit corporations acting for and on behalf of two or more cities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3264 | Relating to the enforcement of permit requirements for the operation of a domestic wastewater treatment facility. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3283 | Relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift registry; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3286 | Relating to the dissolution of the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility District. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3302 | Relating to highway landscaping projects. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3307 | Relating to the authority of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to make available a TRICARE Military Health System supplemental plan. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3310 | Relating to the funding policies, actuarial valuations, and reporting requirements of certain public retirement systems. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3311 | Relating to the scoring criteria for an application for a low income housing tax credit and the allocation of those credits to developments reserved for elderly persons. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3315 | Relating to changing the name of the Medical Advisory Committee appointed by the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation to the Combative Sports Advisory Board and allowing the board to address a broader range of issues. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3316 | Relating to the time for recording a durable power of attorney for certain real property transactions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3327 | Relating to a grant program to fund domestic violence high risk teams. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3333 | Relating to the investment of funds by certain municipal hospital authorities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3337 | Relating to training and education for state agency administrators and employees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3342 | Relating to interstate compacts and cooperative agreements relating to state purchasing. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3348 | Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3357 | Relating to permitted methods for certain political subdivisions to post notice of a meeting. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3364 | Relating to the appeal of a judgment in an eviction suit. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3373 | Relating to the liability of reimbursing employers under the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3374 | Relating to information regarding Down syndrome. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3387 | Relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision for certain releasees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3424 | Relating to a study and report on the establishment of a central database containing information about certain individuals under guardianship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3433 | Relating to level of care designations for hospitals that provide neonatal and maternal care. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3438 | Relating to the transfer of surplus or salvage state agency property. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3439 | Relating to the donation of property from a state agency to an assistance organization or a local governmental entity. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3456 | Relating to the composition of a district executive committee of a political party. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3512 | Relating to lobbying activities and the registration of lobbyists. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3513 | Relating to the Fisher County Hospital District. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3517 | Relating to requirements governing registration and authorized activities of certain lobbyists; expanding the applicability of an occupational registration. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3519 | Relating to reimbursement for home telemonitoring services under Medicaid. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3523 | Relating to improving the delivery and quality of Medicaid acute care services and long-term care services and supports. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 3532 | Relating to access to certain confidential information provided in an application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3536 | Relating to the appointment of the commissioners of certain financial regulatory agencies by the Finance Commission of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3538 | Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| HB 3547 | Relating to a voluntary veteran's employment preference for private employers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3555 | Relating to certain administrative procedures and enforcement authority relating to state banks, state trust companies, and bank holding companies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3576 | Relating to restrictions on the use, transfer, and sale of housing developments that have received certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3610 | Relating to the issuance of Texas Juneteenth specialty license plates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3623 | Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by the National Hispanic Institute. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3628 | Relating to the adoption by the Department of Public Safety of rules governing the use of unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3633 | Relating to reimbursement for the costs of legal services provided to an indigent defendant in a criminal case. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3668 | Relating to the definition of peace officer for purposes of intercepting or collecting information in relation to certain communications in an investigation conducted by an arson investigating unit. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3680 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3683 | Relating to the electronic filing of personal financial statements with the Texas Ethics Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3685 | Relating to the employment status of certain individuals engaged in rehabilitative work-training programs. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3707 | Relating to cloud computing services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3710 | Relating to a voluntary contribution to the fund for veterans' assistance when applying for a concealed handgun license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3724 | Relating to the consideration of certain scientific evidence constituting the basis for an application for a writ of habeas corpus. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3729 | Relating to inclusion of family members of veterans court program participants in the treatment and services provided to the participants under the program. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3738 | Relating to the requirement that a person or laboratory that performs an official equine infectious anemia test be approved by the Texas Animal Health Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3741 | Relating to standards for elevators, escalators, and related equipment; authorizing a fee. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3742 | Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to determine applicant eligibility for a license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3747 | Relating to the issuance of a concealed handgun license to certain retired judicial officers. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3748 | Relating to the coordination of educational support services for and information regarding students who are currently or were formerly placed in foster care. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3750 | Relating to interim studies on real property owned by the state. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3777 | Relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional transportation authorities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3781 | Relating to the creation of the Texas Health Improvement Network. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3791 | Relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3823 | Relating to rate-setting and data collection processes under the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3842 | Relating to an agreement to finance and build a conference center and other appropriate facilities in or near a state park. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3858 | Relating to fees charged by the Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3901 | Relating to the repossession of an aircraft. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3951 | Relating to the eligibility of persons to participate in an ad valorem tax sale of real property; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3982 | Relating to solicitation of a person to buy drinks for consumption by an alcoholic beverage retailer or the retailer's employee; authorizing a civil penalty; amending a provision that is subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3987 | Relating to programs in public schools designed to facilitate planning and saving for higher education and facilitate personal financial literacy instruction. | Effective immediately |
| HB 3994 | Relating to notice of and consent to an abortion for a minor and associated requirements; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 3996 | Relating to the donation of juror reimbursements. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4001 | Relating to providers of certain home and community support services; authorizing a fee, providing penalties, and requiring an occupational license. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4003 | Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4030 | Relating to applications for and certain information regarding an applicant for registration or endorsement under the Private Security Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4046 | Relating to the confidentiality of student records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4059 | Relating to limitations on annexation by and extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4086 | 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. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4097 | Relating to seawater desalination projects. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4099 | Relating to the issuance of K9s4COPs specialty license plates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 4112 | Relating to the rights of an owner of groundwater. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4126 | Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 218; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4199 | Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4187 | Relating to renaming the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority as the Lone Star Regional Water Authority; altering the governing body's membership. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4148 | Relating to compensation and reimbursement of expenses for the board of directors of the Refugio County Drainage District No. 1. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4168 | Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Gulf Coast Water Authority. | Effective immediately |
| HB 4203 | Relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 after the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly from taxes. | Effective immediately |
| HCR 33 | In memory of Dr. Barry B. Thompson, The Texas A&M University System chancellor emeritus and Tarleton State University president emeritus. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 34 | Directing DPS to name the new crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 35 | Designating the cowboy hat as the official State Hat of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 38 | Congratulating the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce on its receipt of five-star accreditation from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 43 | Designating Dripping Springs as the Wedding Capital of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 44 | In memory of U.S. Army Sergeant Gilberto Lopez Sanchez of New Braunfels. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 45 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 22, 2015, and ending on Monday, January 26, 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 46 | Urging Congress to require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to provide VA services to incarcerated veterans detained in state hospitals and to consider expanding such services to all incarcerated veterans. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 47 | Congratulating San Patricio County Judge Terry Simpson on being named the 2014 Newsmaker of the Year by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 48 | Inviting the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on February 17, 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 58 | Commemorating the life of Charlie Brown. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 60 | Honoring the Garza family of Peitas for their record of accomplishments in higher education. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 62 | Designating Nocona as the official Classic Car Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 65 | Designating the western honey bee as the official State Pollinator of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 69 | Designating the city of Jasper as the official Butterfly Capital of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 70 | Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument at the state Capitol Complex, at a site outside the historic Capitol grounds, honoring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 76 | Designating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 77 | Redesignating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 78 | Designating "the Lone Star State" as the official nickname of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 79 | Recognizing musician Phil Collins as an honorary Texan and commending him for his donation of Alamo artifacts to the State of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 80 | Petitioning Congress to provide funding for repairs to the Battleship Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 81 | Expressing support for the placement of a monument to Lorenzo de Zavala on the grounds of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission building. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 85 | Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Chief Petty Officer Christopher Scott Kyle. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 86 | In memory of Amarillo City Council member James Harold Simms. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 87 | In memory of Gene Earl Parker of Amarillo. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 88 | In memory of El Paso Constable Robert Parker White. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 92 | Congratulating Dr. Stephen C. Head on his appointment as president of the Lone Star College System. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 93 | Designating Abilene as the official Storybook Capital of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 94 | Urging the U.S. Congress to designate the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail as National Historic Trails. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 95 | In memory of Roy Houston Moore of Austin. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 100 | Commemorating the centennial of the King Ranch Main House. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 114 | Recognizing the Operation Blue Shield initiative. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 145 | Recognizing the secretary of the army for the work on the Amistad International Reservoir and the effort to continue to find funds to carry out work related to Section 4006 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 149 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3405. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 147 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3184. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 146 | Congratulating Charles and Margaret Semple of Midland on their 50th wedding anniversary. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 144 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the House to make corrections in H.B. No. 2404. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 143 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 32. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 139 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 30. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 135 | In memory of U.S. Army Specialist Kerry Danyluk. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 134 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3078. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 136 | Honoring Conquer Chiari for its efforts in behalf of those with Chiari malformation. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 137 | In memory of the Honorable Leo Berman of Tyler. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 138 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 1919. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 132 | Designating Brownsville as the official Bicycling Capital of the Rio Grande Valley for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 130 | Designating May 26 as John Wayne Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 122 | Designating the Texas Gulf shrimp as the Official State Crustacean of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 119 | Designating September as Valley Voter Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 128 | Honoring Shanna Peeples on her selection as National Teacher of the Year. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 127 | Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Westchase District in Houston. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 129 | Paying tribute to the U.S. military personnel from Texas who lost their lives in the line of duty. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 121 | Congratulating Hennessey Performance in Sealy on setting a world speed record with its Venom GT. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 116 | Paying tribute to the memory of Thomas J. Lee, the first Asian American to serve in the Texas Legislature. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 118 | In memory of former Hidalgo County Commissioner Oscar L. Garza Jr. of Edinburg. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 110 | Recognizing May 2015 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Month. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 105 | Designating #Texas as the official hashtag of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 108 | Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study the development and potential economic impact of a cruise industry on the Texas coast between Calhoun and Cameron Counties. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 104 | Designating #txlege as the official hashtag of the Texas Legislature. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 106 | Designating #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas Tourism. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 99 | In memory of David Michael Braun of Nassau Bay. | Signed by the Governor |
| HCR 126 | Honoring former Midland mayor Ernest Angelo Jr. for his civic contributions and professional accomplishments. | Signed by the Governor |
| SB 1 | Relating to certain restrictions on the imposition of ad valorem taxes and to the duty of the state to reimburse certain political subdivisions for certain revenue loss; making conforming changes. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 11 | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 18 | Relating to measures to support or enhance graduate medical education in this state, including the transfer of certain assets from the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association to the permanent fund supporting graduate medical education and the authority of the association to issue new policies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 20 | Relating to state agency contracting. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 24 | Relating to training for members of the governing board of a public institution of higher education. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 27 | Relating to the online broadcast of open meetings of institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 31 | Relating to the authority of certain volunteer firefighter and emergency services organizations to hold tax-free sales or auctions. | Effective immediately |
| SB 34 | Relating to a report concerning information security for this state's information resources. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 37 | Relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect and study data on the participation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at public institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 42 | Relating to the selection process for student members of the board of regents of a state university or state university system. | Effective immediately |
| SB 44 | Relating to matching private grants given to enhance additional research activities at institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 45 | Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 37 as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| SB 46 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain property tax appraisal photographs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 55 | Relating to the creation of a grant program to support community mental health programs for veterans and their families. | Effective immediately |
| SB 57 | Relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority, regional mobility authority, regional transportation authority, metropolitan rapid transit authority, or coordinated county transportation authority. | Effective immediately |
| SB 58 | Relating to the enforcement of commercial vehicle safety standards by certain municipalities and counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 59 | Relating to an exemption from competitive bidding requirements for the procurement of services for victims of family violence. | Effective immediately |
| SB 60 | Relating to video recordings made by children's advocacy centers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 66 | Relating to the use of epinephrine auto-injectors on public school and open-enrollment charter school campuses and at or in transit to or from off-campus school events. | Effective immediately |
| SB 94 | Relating to certain fees charged for the adjudication of pharmacy benefit claims. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 97 | Relating to regulation of the sale, distribution, possession, use, and advertising of e-cigarettes, cigarettes, and tobacco products; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 100 | Relating to the enterprise zone program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 107 | Relating to the designation of campus behavior coordinators to serve at public school campuses and issues to be considered when removing a student from class. | Effective immediately |
| SB 108 | Relating to certain criminal procedures for misdemeanor offenses committed by children. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 112 | Relating to the authority of a magistrate to prohibit certain communications in an order for emergency protection; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| SB 125 | Relating to certain assessments for children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 133 | Relating to mental health first aid training for school district employees and school resource officers. | Effective immediately |
| SB 140 | Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for telecommunications services used for the navigation of certain farm and ranch machinery and equipment. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 142 | Relating to the appointment and training of volunteer deputy registrars. | Effective immediately |
| SB 147 | Relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking case; providing penalties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 149 | Relating to alternative methods for satisfying certain public high school graduation requirements, including the use of individual graduation committees. | Effective immediately |
| SB 158 | Relating to a body worn camera program for certain law enforcement agencies in this state; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 168 | Relating to temporary waiver of superintendent certification for employment of public school district superintendents. | Effective immediately |
| SB 169 | Relating to ensuring that certain military members and their spouses and dependents maintain their positions on interest lists or other waiting lists for certain health and human services assistance programs. | Effective immediately |
| SB 172 | Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Groups 1-A and 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for criminal prosecution and other purposes. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 173 | Relating to the designation for criminal prosecution and other purposes of certain chemicals commonly referred to as synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances and controlled substance analogues under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 183 | Relating to the offenses of the violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with individuals in custody; imposing a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 188 | Relating to certain insurers' insurance rating and underwriting practices based on certain consumer inquiries. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 189 | Relating to certain practices in the business of personal automobile insurance. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 193 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of certain military medals. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 195 | Relating to prescriptions for certain controlled substances, access to information about those prescriptions, and the duties of prescribers and other entities registered with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration; authorizing fees. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 200 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Health and Human Services Commission and the provision of health and human services in this state. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 202 | Relating to the transfer of certain occupational regulatory programs and the deregulation of certain activities and occupations. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 203 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Health Services Authority as a quasi-governmental entity and the electronic exchange of health care information. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 206 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Family and Protective Services and procedures applicable to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, investigations of child abuse and neglect, and conservatorship of a child; affecting fee amounts and authorizing an administrative penalty. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 207 | Relating to the authority and duties of the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 208 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Commission. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 219 | Relating to the provision of health and human services in this state, including the powers and duties of the Health and Human Services Commission and other state agencies, and the licensing of certain health professionals; clarifying certain statutory provisions; authorizing the imposition of fees. | Effective immediately |
| SB 227 | Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 624 in McMullen County as the Game Warden James E. Daughtrey Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| SB 236 | Relating to the punishment of certain controlled substance offenses committed in a drug-free zone. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 239 | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain mental health professionals. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 265 | Relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools. | Effective immediately |
| SB 267 | Relating to the regulation by a municipality or county of the rental or leasing of housing accommodations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 272 | Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Special Olympics Texas fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a motor vehicle registration. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 273 | Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 277 | Relating to certain health-related and other task forces and advisory committees. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 287 | Relating to the elimination of certain court fees and costs and to the bill of costs provided to a defendant. | Effective immediately |
| SB 288 | Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 16 in Young County as the Texas Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| SB 292 | Relating to a request for a waiver of the waiting period before human remains may be cremated. | Effective immediately |
| SB 293 | Relating to a clarification of the law governing eligibility of certain events for funding under the Major Events trust fund. | Effective immediately |
| SB 295 | Relating to tracking career information for graduates of Texas medical schools and persons completing medical residency programs in Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 304 | Relating to certain violations committed by long-term care facilities, including violations that constitute the abuse and neglect of residents. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 306 | Relating to the information included in the annual report of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 308 | Relating to the powers and duties of campus police departments at private institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 314 | Relating to appointment of a nonparent as managing conservator of a child. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 316 | Relating to the prioritization of certain available legal defense services when appointing representation for an indigent defendant in a criminal case. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 317 | Relating to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. | Effective immediately |
| SB 318 | Relating to the amount the Texas Military Preparedness Commission may grant to local governmental entities for certain purposes. | Effective immediately |
| SB 332 | Relating to the use of maximum allowable cost lists related to pharmacy benefits. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 339 | 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. | Effective immediately |
| SB 344 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 354 | Relating to the transfer to the Health and Human Services Commission of contracting authority for children's advocacy centers and volunteer advocate programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 363 | Relating to the election dates for directors of the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 367 | Relating to the unauthorized use of an alcoholic beverage permit or license; providing a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 373 | Relating to increased oversight by the Department of State Health Services of hospitals that commit certain violations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 374 | Relating to requiring state agencies to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 378 | Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 381 | Relating to tort liability arising from a volunteer's operation of a Parks and Wildlife Department motor-driven vehicle or motor-driven equipment. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 382 | Relating to public school educator continuing education credit for instruction on the use of an automated external defibrillator. | Effective immediately |
| SB 383 | Relating to the time of delivery to the early voting ballot board for ballots voted by mail in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 386 | Relating to school marshals for public junior colleges, notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a public junior college is appointed school marshal, and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 389 | Relating to the placement of military occupational specialty codes on certain notices of state agency employment openings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 394 | Relating to the use of supplemental environmental projects by a local government to come into compliance with environmental laws or remediate environmental harm caused by the local government. | Effective immediately |
| SB 409 | Relating to the dissemination of confidential information contained in the juvenile justice information system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 415 | Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| SB 425 | Relating to health care information provided by and notice of facility fees charged by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 431 | Relating to the deadline for filing a candidate's personal financial statement. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 435 | Relating to the powers and duties of a county treasurer. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 449 | Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. | Effective immediately |
| SB 450 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 453 | Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to receive credit by an examination administered through the College-Level Examination Program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 455 | Relating to special three-judge district courts convened to hear certain cases. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 458 | Relating to the aerospace and aviation office of the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office and to the aerospace and aviation advisory committee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 459 | Relating to the creation of the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs in the office of the governor. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 460 | Relating to the licensing and regulation of pharmacists and pharmacies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 461 | Relating to false or misleading packaging, labeling, or advertising of certain abusable synthetic substances; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 462 | Relating to authorizing a revocable deed that transfers real property at the transferor's death. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 463 | Relating to the restructuring of certain fund accounts of the Texas County and District Retirement System. | Effective immediately |
| SB 473 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 478 | Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in landlord-tenant matters. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 481 | Relating to consumer information concerning facility-based physicians and notice and availability of mediation for balance billing by a facility-based physician. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 487 | Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 489 | Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Howard County as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 494 | Relating to the availability of certain property and casualty insurance forms on the Internet. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 495 | Relating to the service areas of certain junior college districts. | Effective immediately |
| SB 498 | Relating to building code requirements for residential property insured by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. | Effective immediately |
| SB 503 | Relating to financial assistance to local governmental entities affected by the realignment of defense jobs or facilities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 505 | Relating to painting and marking requirements for certain meteorological evaluation towers; creating an offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 507 | Relating to the placement and use of video cameras in self-contained classrooms or other settings providing special education services. | Effective immediately |
| SB 512 | Relating to the promulgation of certain forms for use in probate matters. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 519 | Relating to the registration of dental support organizations; imposing a fee; requiring an occupational registration; providing a civil penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 523 | Relating to the sunset review of river authorities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 529 | Relating to the eligibility of a landman for unemployment compensation. | Effective immediately |
| SB 530 | Relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger transportation services by certain airport governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| SB 534 | Relating to the oath of a person admitted to practice law in the State of Texas. | Effective immediately |
| SB 536 | Relating to the designation of certain prostitution prevention programs as commercially sexually exploited persons court programs. | Effective immediately |
| SB 540 | Relating to the hours during which a holder of a retail dealer's on-premise late hours license may sell beer. | Effective immediately |
| SB 550 | Relating to requiring dental support for a child subject to a child support order. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 551 | Relating to the duty of the Water Conservation Advisory Council to submit a report and recommendations regarding water conservation in this state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 562 | Relating to annual permits to move certain equipment; authorizing a fee. | Effective immediately |
| SB 565 | Relating to designating the first week of May as Jury Appreciation Week. | Effective immediately |
| SB 569 | Relating to the presumption of abandonment of certain tangible personal property held by a county. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 572 | Relating to certain title insurance policy liability and reinsurance requirements. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 574 | Relating to the creation of the State Cemetery preservation trust fund. | Effective immediately |
| SB 578 | Relating to providing inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with information regarding reentry and reintegration resources. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 582 | Relating to training courses for certain food handlers. | Effective immediately |
| SB 584 | Relating to the indexing of correction instruments in a county index to real property records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 593 | Relating to pretrial settlement discussions during ad valorem tax appeals. | Effective immediately |
| SB 596 | Relating to the imposition of the student centers fee at Texas Woman's University. | Effective immediately |
| SB 607 | Relating to the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 610 | Relating to limited liability for an agritourism entity involved in an agritourism activity. | Effective immediately |
| SB 627 | Relating to certain defenses to libel actions. | Effective immediately |
| SB 630 | Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 631 | Relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. | Effective immediately |
| SB 632 | Relating to the creation of the governor's university research initiative and to the abolishment of the Texas emerging technology fund. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 633 | Relating to certain event trust funds and the abolishment of the special event trust fund. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 638 | Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Shepherd Independent School District; requiring the payment of certain transaction fees. | Effective immediately |
| SB 641 | Relating to debit card or stored value card surcharges; providing a civil penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 643 | Relating to proceedings held in auxiliary facilities outside certain county seats. | Effective immediately |
| SB 652 | Relating to excluding a franchisor as an employer of a franchisee or a franchisee's employees. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 653 | Relating to increasing the amount of burial benefits required to be paid by an insurance carrier under the workers' compensation system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 655 | Relating to own risk and solvency assessment by insurers and insurance groups; providing a penalty. | Effective immediately |
| SB 656 | Relating to perpetual care cemeteries. | Effective immediately |
| SB 660 | Relating to regional coordinators within the veteran entrepreneur program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 662 | Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. | Effective immediately |
| SB 664 | Relating to employment termination for falsification of military record in obtaining employment or employment benefits. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 667 | Relating to reinsurance, distributions, and pooling arrangements by captive insurance companies. | Effective immediately |
| SB 671 | Relating to the designation of Loop 567 in Granbury as the Deputy Sergeant Lance McLean Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 674 | Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 678 | Relating to coordinated county transportation authorities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 679 | Relating to public meetings of joint airport boards. | Effective immediately |
| SB 680 | Relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages in areas annexed or owned by certain municipalities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 681 | Relating to a bailiff administering the selection of names of persons for jury service in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| SB 684 | Relating to the relationship of certain optometrists, therapeutic optometrists, and ophthalmologists with certain managed care plans, including preferred provider plans. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 685 | Relating to the applicability of open meetings and public information laws to the education research center advisory board. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 686 | Relating to the Math and Science Scholars Loan Repayment Program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 695 | Relating to a study of the feasibility and desirability of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 699 | Relating to the Texas Real Estate Commission and the regulation of certain real estate professionals. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 700 | Relating to the use of electronic processes by and electronic information submitted to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 709 | Relating to procedures for certain environmental permit applications. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 724 | Relating to the motor vehicle sales tax applicable to motor vehicles used by transportation companies for certain purposes. | Effective immediately |
| SB 733 | Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections. | Effective immediately |
| SB 734 | Relating to the setting of annual interest rates for utility deposits by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 735 | Relating to discovery of evidence of the net worth of a defendant in connection with a claim for exemplary damages. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 737 | Relating to certain protective orders and magistrate's orders for emergency protection. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 740 | Relating to the assessment of court costs and fees on conviction of multiple offenses or on conviction of multiple counts of the same offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 742 | Relating to the issuance of Texas Medical Center specialty license plates. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 746 | Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; amending provisions subject to criminal penalties. | Effective immediately |
| SB 752 | Relating to the repeal of the inheritance tax. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 754 | Relating to the use of money in the motorcycle education fund account for certain motorcycle safety programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 755 | Relating to the application of the sales and use tax to certain computer program transactions. | Effective immediately |
| SB 757 | Relating to the repeal of the production taxes on crude petroleum and sulphur. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 760 | Relating to access and assignment requirements for, support and information regarding, and investigations of certain providers of health care and long-term services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 761 | Relating to the taxation of fireworks. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 774 | Relating to studies on the rates of electric utilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 776 | Relating to the operations of a municipally owned utility or municipal power agency; providing authority to issue bonds. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 782 | Relating to the investigation by the commissioner of insurance of acts of insurance fraud. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 783 | Relating to the development of antifraud educational programs by the Texas Department of Insurance and acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations for the department's fraud unit. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 784 | Relating to collection and use of certain information reported to and by the Texas Department of Insurance and certain approval authority and hearings held in connection with reported information. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 788 | Relating to requiring direct access to 9-1-1 service from certain telephone systems and equivalent systems that use Internet Protocol enabled services. | Effective immediately |
| SB 790 | Relating to the procedures applicable to the revocation of a person's release on parole or to mandatory supervision. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 791 | Relating to education about congenital cytomegalovirus in infants. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 795 | Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 797 | Relating to a grant program to reduce wait times for agricultural inspections of vehicles at ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 804 | Relating to the period of eligibility for support from the universal service plan for certain providers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 805 | Relating to the employment of individuals qualified for a veteran's employment preference. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 806 | Relating to the College Credit for Heroes program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 807 | Relating to occupational license application and examination fees for certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 808 | Relating to the sale of distilled spirits to ultimate consumers by the holder of a distiller's and rectifier's permit. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 810 | Relating to the authority of an independent school district to contract with a municipality for the design, improvement, or construction of an instructional facility, stadium, or other athletic facility. | Effective immediately |
| SB 812 | Relating to the appointment of an associate judge in a family law proceeding involving a name change. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 813 | Relating to the use of digitized signatures in certain family law proceedings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 814 | Relating to waivers of citation in certain family law suits. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 815 | Relating to a temporary restraining order for preservation of property and protection of the parties in a suit for the dissolution of marriage. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 817 | Relating to the issuance of a protective order and the appointment of a managing conservator in certain family law proceedings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 818 | Relating to the requirement that a parent appointed as a conservator of a child disclose certain information regarding family violence; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 821 | Relating to references to school in the Family Code. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 822 | Relating to the applicability of certain definitions and certain laws governing attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, and amicus attorneys in family law proceedings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 825 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 830 | Relating to the creation of an independent ombudsman for children and youth in foster care. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 832 | Relating to the coordinating workgroups of the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 833 | Relating to the continuation of a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation while the owner is temporarily absent because of military service. | Effective immediately |
| SB 835 | Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of fraudulent or fictitious military record. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 836 | Relating to management services for the physical facilities of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf. | Effective immediately |
| SB 849 | Relating to access to and fees associated with binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 850 | Relating to a public duty justification for conduct of a service member of the Texas military forces. | Effective immediately |
| SB 853 | Relating to the signature requirement for a sales tax permit application filed electronically. | Effective immediately |
| SB 854 | Relating to the renewal or amendment of certain permits issued by groundwater conservation districts. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 855 | Relating to the territory and board of the Canyon Regional Water Authority. | Effective immediately |
| SB 858 | Relating to license holders authorized to obtain label approval for beer, ale, and malt liquor. | Effective immediately |
| SB 859 | Relating to partnerships and limited liability companies. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 860 | Relating to corporations and fundamental business transactions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 862 | Relating to voting methods in a property owners' association election or vote. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 864 | Relating to secret ballots in a property owners' association election or vote. | Effective immediately |
| SB 866 | Relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 873 | Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 875 | Relating to the regulation of state trust companies. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 876 | Relating to the licensing of insurance agents and adjusters; providing a penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 880 | Relating to certain committees and programs to develop the wine industry in this state through the Department of Agriculture. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 881 | Relating to the dedication of certain wine-related revenue. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 888 | Relating to the appeal of waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court in juvenile cases. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 899 | Relating to the regulation of money services businesses; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 900 | Relating to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 901 | Relating to the amount of temporary income benefits to which an injured employee is entitled under the workers' compensation system. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 903 | Relating to procedures for the management, sale, or lease of certain state-owned real property and the management or collection of related funds, including disputed oil and gas royalties owed to the state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 904 | Relating to exempting emergency preparation supplies from the sales and use tax for a limited period. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 907 | Relating to the powers and duties of the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System and to workers' compensation coverage for employees of the system's components. | Effective immediately |
| SB 909 | Relating to the county courts at law in Bexar County. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 912 | Relating to a volume-based exemption from reporting requirements for certain accidental discharges or spills from wastewater facilities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 914 | Relating to a council on long-term care facility surveys and informal dispute resolution. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 917 | Relating to the applicability of the Texas Mass Gatherings Act to certain horse and greyhound races. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 918 | Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the property of a veteran's organization. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 923 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 925 | Relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide reading instruction to students in kindergarten through grade three. | Effective immediately |
| SB 928 | Relating to the abolition of the equine incentive program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 932 | Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to retain assistance for federal proceedings affecting certain electric utilities and consumers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 933 | Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to review transmission interconnections that enable imports or exports from the ERCOT power grid. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 934 | Relating to providing training academies for public school teachers who provide mathematics instruction to students in kindergarten through grade three. | Effective immediately |
| SB 935 | Relating to the establishment of a reading excellence team pilot program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 940 | Relating to the notification duties of a state governmental entity with public retirement system investment holdings in Sudan or Iran. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 947 | Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on the feasibility of providing off-campus employment positions through the Texas college work-study program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 949 | Relating to the release of certain child fatality and near-fatality information for abused or neglected children. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 955 | Relating to permissible locations of open-enrollment charter schools created by certain institutions of higher education. | Effective immediately |
| SB 956 | Relating to the delivery of personal automobile and residential property insurance policies; adding provisions that may be subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 961 | Relating to the designation of February 19 as Iwo Jima Day. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 965 | Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 968 | Relating to a prescription drug misuse awareness component of the health curriculum used in public schools. | Effective immediately |
| SB 970 | Relating to the failure to handle certain animals in accordance with rules of the Texas Animal Health Commission; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 971 | Relating to requirements for certain farm vehicles when operating on a highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 972 | Relating to training academies for public school teachers who provide reading comprehension instruction to students in grades four and five. | Effective immediately |
| SB 978 | Relating to public information regarding workers' compensation insurance rate filings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 979 | Relating to individual indemnity health insurance. | Effective immediately |
| SB 983 | Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records. | Effective immediately |
| SB 988 | Relating to the prohibited disposition of a decedent's remains by a person charged with certain criminal conduct against the decedent; providing an administrative penalty. | Effective immediately |
| SB 991 | Relating to a requirement that the General Land Office conduct a study regarding the use of wind or solar power to desalinate brackish groundwater. | Effective immediately |
| SB 995 | Relating to decedents' estates. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 996 | Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1004 | Relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1007 | Relating to the practices and professions regulated by the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1008 | Relating to the authority of certain domestic life, health, and accident insurance companies to make investments in mezzanine real estate loans. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1020 | 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. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1021 | Relating to reporting requirements for certain unclaimed property. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1024 | Relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1025 | Relating to supplemental compensation paid to certain county judges. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1049 | Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans during an initial period of operation in the state. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 1051 | Relating to the powers and duties of the North Fort Bend Water Authority. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1057 | Relating to the provision of funding for indigent defense services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1059 | Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1060 | Relating to the regulation of public insurance adjusters. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1066 | Relating to continuing eligibility requirements for institutions of higher education to participate in the Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge Scholarship Program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1070 | Relating to allowing certain defendants to successfully complete education at a substance abuse treatment facility in lieu of attending an education program; changing required conditions of community supervision for certain defendants. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1071 | Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1072 | Relating to the removal of a precinct or county chair for abandonment of office. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1073 | Relating to the requirements for a candidate's application or nomination for a place on the ballot and related procedures. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1075 | Relating to criminal history record information obtained by the consumer credit commissioner. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1077 | Relating to the definition of "person" under the Uniform Commercial Code. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1081 | Relating to the disclosure of certain information under a consolidated insurance program. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1093 | Relating to credit to certain ceding insurers for reinsurance ceded to certain assuming insurers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1101 | Relating to the authority to determine the supply of groundwater in and potential impacts on public health of certain regional water plans. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1105 | Relating to fire inspections by the state fire marshal for state-owned and state-leased buildings. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1107 | Relating to contingent deferred annuity contracts. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1108 | Relating to the creation of regional emergency communication districts; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1115 | Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1116 | Relating to a notice or document sent by mail or electronic mail by a court, justice, judge, magistrate, or clerk of a judicial court. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1117 | Relating to housing services provided through the transitional living services program to certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1128 | Relating to certain diagnostic testing during pregnancy. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1132 | Relating to the protection and use of certain products, information, and technology of the Parks and Wildlife Department. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1135 | Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of certain intimate visual material; creating an offense. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1139 | 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. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 1148 | Relating to the functions of the Public Utility Commission of Texas in relation to the economic regulation of water and sewer service. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1149 | Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 1162 | Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including conforming amendments. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 1168 | Relating to the operation of certain property owners' associations, condominium unit owners' associations, and councils of owners. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1171 | Relating to the operation of certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting timber, timber products, or forestry equipment on certain public roadways. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1174 | Relating to the insurance reporting program operated by the Title IV-D agency. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1189 | Relating to the establishment of a multidisciplinary studies associate degree program at each public junior college. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1191 | Relating to the amount and allocation of the annual constitutional appropriation to certain agencies and institutions of higher education. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 1196 | Relating to the regulation of funding agreements, guaranteed investment contracts, and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts issued by a life insurer; clarifying certain provisions relating to insurer receivership. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1202 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1203 | Relating to exemptions from the applicability of the Texas Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009 and other laws applicable to residential mortgage loan originators. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1204 | Relating to a waiver of fees by the Department of Agriculture and the Parks and Wildlife Department for certain educational programs involving aquaculture and hydroponics. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1210 | Relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1213 | Relating to prohibiting the reidentification of certain deidentified information and the release of reidentified information; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1214 | Relating to the use of human remains for forensic science education, including the training of search and rescue animals. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1227 | Relating to payment of covered claims based on assignment. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1228 | Relating to authorizing children of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission employees to be employed by holders of licenses or permits issued by the commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1233 | Relating to authorizing certain distributions of income from a nonprofit corporation to members of the corporation who are certain nonprofit corporations. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1235 | Relating to defining the duties and to the penalties concerning pain management clinics. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1237 | Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the policy board of certain metropolitan planning organizations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1243 | Relating to a pilot program for donation and redistribution of certain unused prescription medications; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1259 | Relating to the development of an individualized education program for a child in public school. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1264 | Relating to the regulation of certain industrialized housing and industrialized buildings. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1267 | Relating to contested cases conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1279 | Relating to designated emergency infant care providers for certain abandoned children. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1280 | Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1281 | Relating to the authority of a local government to participate in a cooperative purchasing program with local governments of this state or another state. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1287 | Relating to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the accreditation of crime laboratories, and the licensing and regulation of forensic analysts; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational license. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 1296 | Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 83rd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 1301 | Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Water Resources Finance Authority. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1304 | Relating to the creation of a women veterans mental health initiative within the mental health intervention program for veterans. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1305 | Relating to the creation of a rural veterans mental health initiative within the mental health intervention program for veterans. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1307 | Relating to occupational licenses for military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1308 | Relating to veterans services information provided to veterans who receive driver's licenses and personal identification certificates. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1309 | Relating to the establishment of a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps teaching certificate and eligibility of such certified teacher for other educator certification. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1313 | Relating to the names of certain businesses. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1316 | Relating to the system by which an application for a low income housing tax credit is scored. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1317 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1326 | Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1336 | Relating to the powers and duties, the construction of laws, and the election dates of certain groundwater conservation districts. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1338 | Relating to an exemption from length limitations for certain vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport harvest machines. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1339 | Relating to the perfection and priority of an agricultural lien on an agricultural crop. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1341 | Relating to the transfer of certain court records. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1351 | Relating to transferring to the Texas Workforce Commission certain duties of the comptroller related to the Jobs and Education for Texans Grant Program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1353 | Relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1356 | Relating to exemption from the sales tax for certain water-efficient products for a limited period. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 1358 | Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and strategic planning regarding military bases and defense installations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1364 | Relating to electronic filing of certain reports. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1366 | Relating to the allocation to the Parks and Wildlife Department of the proceeds from taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of sporting goods. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1367 | Relating to certain obligations of and limitations on landlords. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1369 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1385 | Relating to the authorization of the imposition of administrative penalties on providers participating in certain Medicaid waiver programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1387 | Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain municipalities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1389 | Relating to the border commerce coordinator. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1394 | Relating to the presentation of evidence in appraisal review board hearings on protests. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1396 | Relating to the sales and use taxation of aircraft. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1406 | Relating to the protection of certain children through the operation of the child safety check alert list. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1407 | Relating to encouraging age-appropriate normalcy activities for children in the managing conservatorship of the state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1420 | Relating to notices of appraised value sent to property owners by the chief appraisers of appraisal districts. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1427 | Relating to authorizing an insurer's deposit of certain money and other assets with the Texas Department of Insurance. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1436 | Relating to the setback requirements for a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1448 | Relating to holding a primary election for a political party in a county without party leadership. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1451 | Relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a vehicle registration fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1452 | Relating to the power of a commissioners court to authorize ad valorem tax sales of real property to be conducted by means of online auctions. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1455 | Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1457 | Relating to bad faith claims of patent infringement; providing a civil penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1462 | Relating to the prescription, administration, and possession of certain opioid antagonists for the treatment of suspected opioid overdoses. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1463 | Relating to improving the delivery of health care services to veterans in this state. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1465 | Relating to creating limited purpose disaster declaration authority for the governor and a search and rescue task force in each disaster field response region. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1466 | Relating to the definition of medical schools for medical residency programs. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1467 | Relating to authorizing the collection of a service charge on certain electronic toll collection customer account payments. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1468 | Relating to certain communications regarding the appointment or conduct of certain appraisal review board members; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1470 | Relating to the establishment of state authorization reciprocity agreements for postsecondary distance learning courses. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1474 | Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1485 | Relating to the availability of death records of unidentified persons. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1494 | Relating to the educational needs of homeless students. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1496 | Relating to background checks conducted by the Department of Family and Protective Services for certain child-care providers. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 1507 | Relating to the statewide coordination and oversight of forensic mental health services overseen by the Department of State Health Services, including the appointment of a forensic director. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1510 | Relating to authority of the county auditor to examine and audit the records of certain special districts. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1512 | Relating to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 1517 | Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1522 | Relating to designating the fourth Saturday in July as National Day of the Cowboy. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1540 | Relating to the authority of the Health and Human Services Commission and the Department of Aging and Disability Services to obtain criminal history record information regarding certain applicants for employment and current employees. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1543 | Relating to the admission of undergraduate students with nontraditional secondary education to public institutions of higher education. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1554 | Relating to the regulation of rates for certain personal automobile insurance. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1560 | Relating to the regulation of chemical dependency treatment facilities and certain other facilities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1574 | Relating to emergency response employees or volunteers and others exposed or potentially exposed to certain diseases or parasites and to visa waivers for certain physicians. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1580 | Relating to a study on homeless veterans. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1587 | Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1589 | Relating to requirements for reporting unclaimed mineral proceeds to the comptroller of public accounts. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1593 | Relating to regulation of the sale of fireworks by certain municipalities. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1624 | Relating to a requirement that certain entering students at a general academic teaching institution receive information regarding mental health and suicide prevention services. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1626 | Relating to the regulation by a developer of the installation of solar energy devices in a residential subdivision. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1630 | Relating to the commitment of juveniles in post-adjudication secure correctional facilities operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and by local probation departments. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1651 | Relating to the employment of persons under 18 years of age on the premises of certain businesses selling or serving alcoholic beverages; adding a provision that is subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1654 | Relating to the standard valuation for life insurance, accident and health insurance, and annuities and the nonforfeiture requirements of certain life insurance policies; amending provisions that may be subject to a criminal penalty. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1657 | Relating to approval of the issuance of tax and revenue anticipation notes. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1664 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program; authorizing the imposition of fees. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1666 | Relating to excepting manufacturers engaged in certain commercial research and development from certain provisions of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1697 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding procedures and substances used in the execution of a convict. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1703 | Relating to the deadlines for certain processes and procedures involving an election. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1707 | Relating to the sealing of certain juvenile records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1714 | Relating to the release of student academic information by a public institution of higher education for certain purposes and the manner in which the information is used. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1725 | Relating to notice of excess proceeds following an ad valorem tax sale. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1726 | Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the enforcement of child support. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1727 | Relating to the duties of the Title IV-D agency regarding the establishment, collection, and enforcement of child support. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1734 | Relating to the eradication of Carrizo cane along the Rio Grande River. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1737 | Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 83 in Hidalgo County as the World War II Veterans 349th Regt. 88th Inf. Div. Memorial Highway. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1743 | Relating to expanding the powers and duties of the office of capital writs and renaming the office of capital writs the office of capital and forensic writs. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1749 | Relating to citrus pest and disease management. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1750 | Relating to the requirements for employment positions provided through the Texas college work-study program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1756 | Relating to the issuance of driver's licenses and personal identification certificates and the classification and operation of certain vehicles; authorizing a fee. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1760 | Relating to the transparent and equitable application of ad valorem tax procedures. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 1766 | Relating to exemptions from certain regulation for small honey production operations. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1776 | Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete certain college preparatory courses. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1779 | Relating to the order of candidate names on a runoff expedited election ballot. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1791 | Relating to disclosures on selection or modification of an account by a customer of a financial institution. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1812 | Relating to transparency in the reporting and public availability of information regarding eminent domain authority; providing a civil penalty. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1820 | Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from towing regulations. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1824 | Relating to a study and report on the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1828 | Relating to the creation of the offense of cargo theft. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1831 | Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 151 as the Specialist Dane Balcon Memorial Bridge. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1844 | Relating to the establishment and functions of the Interagency Data Transparency Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1853 | Relating to authorizing the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to establish a statewide program for the prevention and detection of certain criminal offenses. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1867 | Relating to excluding certain adult students receiving special education services from computation of completion rates for purposes of public school accountability. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1876 | Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, mediators, and guardians in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1877 | Relating to the development and maintenance by each state agency of a data use agreement for the state agency's employees and to training related to that agreement. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1878 | Relating to a study on the feasibility of implementing more secure access requirements for certain electronically stored information held by the state. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1879 | Relating to the allocation of certain grants from the fund for veterans' assistance. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1880 | Relating to the authority of the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate abuse, neglect, or exploitation of individuals receiving services from certain providers. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1881 | Relating to authorizing supported decision-making agreements for certain adults with disabilities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1882 | Relating to a bill of rights for wards under guardianship. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1889 | Relating to the definition of neglect of a child, the exclusion of certain information from the Department of Family and Protective Services central registry of child abuse or neglect cases, and the report of certain information regarding those cases to the legislature. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1899 | Relating to the regulation of emergency medical services. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1902 | Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1913 | Relating to a court administrator in certain counties. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1918 | Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on motorcycles. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1928 | Relating to ensuring local governmental and community input in any federal refugee resettlement program established in this state. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1929 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1931 | Relating to the appointment of an attorney ad litem for a parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1934 | 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. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1940 | 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. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1978 | Relating to a voluntary contribution to help feed hungry Texans when a person applies for a hunting license. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1982 | Relating to the regulation of certain motor vehicle auctions. | Effective immediately |
| SB 1985 | Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a real property interest in oil or gas in place. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1987 | Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and to deaf or hard of hearing driver training for peace officers; authorizing a fee. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| SB 1989 | Relating to underwriting standards for evaluating applications for low income housing tax credits. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1999 | Relating to day activity and health services facilities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2004 | Relating to deferred maintenance funding for state facilities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2030 | Relating to the election date of the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 2031 | Relating to the date for publication of the factors considered for admission to a new graduate and professional program. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2065 | Relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2055 | Relating to the designation of Loop 223 in Bastrop County as the Captain Jesse Billingsley Memorial Loop. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2038 | Relating to the qualifications of directors of the Spectrum Management District. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 2054 | Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to the State Orphans Home Alumni Association. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2041 | Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 191 in Midland County as the Sergeant Michael Naylor Memorial Highway and of the portion of Interstate Highway 30 in Rockwall County as the Congressman Ralph Hall Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 2019 | Relating to the composition of the Texas Violent Gang Task Force. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2062 | Relating to authorizing certain charter holders to provide combined services for certain adult and high school dropout recovery programs. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2049 | Relating to qualifications of members of the board of directors of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SCR 3 | Providing for procedures for the canvass of votes for the governor and lieutenant governor and the inauguration of the governor and lieutenant governor, and inviting the governor to address a joint session of the legislature on January 15, 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 4 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 15, 2015, and ending on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 5 | Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 10 | Recognizing Jack Carter on the occasion of his retirement. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 13 | Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 15 | Commemorating the centennial of the King Ranch Main House. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 16 | Recognizing the Brownsville Independent School District on its 100th anniversary. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 17 | In memory of Bob Lanier. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 19 | Recognizing Johnny Trotter of Hereford on the occasion of his induction into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 22 | Designating Quitaque as the official Bison Capital for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 26 | Directing the governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Lieutenant Colonel Ed Dyess. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 28 | Recognizing April 2015 as Autism Awareness Month. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 32 | Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 33 | Designating September 8 as Major Jefferson Van Horne Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 39 | Urging Hidalgo County to reduce its tax rate upon establishment of the Hidalgo County Healthcare District. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 52 | Recognizing Jerry and Barbara Madden on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 37 | Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 48 | Convening a joint memorial session to honor Texans killed while serving in the United States military and commemorating Memorial Day 2015. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 49 | Congratulating G. M. Cox on the occasion of his retirement. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 41 | Designating Terry County as the official Grape Capital of Texas. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 42 | In memory of Sam Wilson Russell. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 50 | Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 968. | Signed by the Governor |
| SCR 40 | Authorizing a portrait of Governor Rick Perry to be placed in the Texas Capitol. | Signed by the Governor |
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