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| Bill | Caption | Action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 5 | Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs. | Filed |
| HB 15 | Relating to the management and oversight of state contracts, including contracts for information technology commodity items. | Filed |
| HB 20 | Relating to the operations of and transportation planning and expenditures by the Texas Department of Transportation and planning organizations. | Filed |
| HB 86 | Relating to the creation of a select committee to evaluate the effects of a reduction in or the elimination of federal funding on the state budget due to federal fiscal policy. | Filed |
| HB 98 | Relating to the Texas Balance of Powers Act. | Filed |
| HB 125 | Relating to studying the cost of education index. | Filed |
| HB 145 | Relating to certain legislative deadlines. | Filed |
| HB 159 | Relating to the reimbursement of state funds used on out-of-state travel by elected officers. | Filed |
| HB 177 | Relating to the research, collection, and use of adult stem cells. | Filed |
| HB 213 | Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. | Filed |
| HB 236 | Relating to the creation of the Fiscal Risk Management Commission. | Filed |
| HB 281 | Relating to a limitation on the expansion of certain landfills. | Filed |
| HB 288 | Relating to providing certain legislative information on the Internet in Spanish. | Filed |
| HB 290 | Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues. | Filed |
| HB 314 | Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. | Filed |
| HB 425 | Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain persons, including elected officials convicted of certain crimes. | Filed |
| HB 427 | Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission. | Filed |
| HB 443 | Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. | Filed |
| HB 459 | Relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by this state and submission of a zero-based budget by and performance of a financial audit of an agency undergoing review by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Filed |
| HB 528 | Relating to the sunset review of regional mobility authorities. | Filed |
| HB 531 | Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Filed |
| HB 539 | Relating to the procedural requirements for the adoption of a municipal regulation, limitation, or prohibition on the production, storage, or transportation of oil or natural gas; authorizing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 542 | Relating to an annual state budget and legislative budget sessions in even-numbered years and to political contributions made during a legislative session. | Filed |
| HB 543 | Relating to the creation of a specialty court for certain first-time DWI offenders; imposing fees for participation and alcohol monitoring. | Filed |
| HB 572 | Relating to the sunset review of regional tollway authorities. | Filed |
| HB 613 | Relating to sunset review of certain municipal management districts. | Filed |
| HB 678 | Relating to advance notice regarding the housing of sexually violent predators at a new location in various counties of this state. | Filed |
| HB 681 | Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain persons, including elected officials convicted of certain crimes. | Filed |
| HB 793 | Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. | Filed |
| HB 799 | Relating to a study conducted by the Legislative Budget Board on the impact to state agencies of federal regulations and mandates enacted by federal law. | Filed |
| HB 816 | Relating to creating a criminal offense for a candidate for public office who misrepresents the candidate's residency. | Filed |
| HB 911 | Relating to the composition of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | Filed |
| HB 914 | Relating to the creation of a long-range revenue analysis committee. | Filed |
| HB 915 | Relating to quarterly financial condition reports on collected and anticipated state revenue. | Filed |
| HB 921 | Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. | Filed |
| HB 986 | Relating to the creation of a chief innovation officer position for the Legislative Budget Board. | Filed |
| HB 1000 | Relating to state support for general academic teaching institutions in this state. | Filed |
| HB 1003 | Relating to the periodic evaluation of certain exemptions from property taxes and state taxes. | Filed |
| HB 1084 | Relating to the reporting of certain information regarding inmates and the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | Filed |
| HB 1109 | Relating to the adoption of the Compact for a Balanced Budget. | Filed |
| HB 1110 | Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. | Filed |
| HB 1183 | Relating to the authority of certain entities to enter into a comprehensive development agreement. | Filed |
| HB 1188 | Relating to the creation of a joint interim committee to study and make recommendations regarding early childhood education. | Filed |
| HB 1216 | Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. | Filed |
| HB 1275 | Relating to the audit of river authorities by the state auditor's office. | Filed |
| HB 1290 | Relating to the sunset review of river authorities. | Filed |
| HB 1295 | Relating to the disclosure of research, research sponsors, and interested parties by persons contracting with governmental entities and state agencies. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HB 1349 | Relating to the creation of a long-range revenue analysis committee. | Filed |
| HB 1427 | Relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court. | Filed |
| HB 1531 | Relating to the making and receiving of referrals for legal services by certain legislators and executive officers; creating a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 1532 | Relating to quarterly reporting of political contributions and expenditures by certain candidates, officeholders, and political committees; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | Filed |
| HB 1537 | Relating to the sunset review of the authority of the governing bodies of taxing units to contract with attorneys to represent the taxing units in enforcing the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes on property in the taxing units. | Filed |
| HB 1543 | Relating to the creation of the Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs in the office of the governor. | Filed |
| HB 1568 | Relating to the evaluation of applications for certain financial assistance administered by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. | Filed |
| HB 1592 | Relating to certain comparisons of state budgets made by the Legislative Budget Board. | Filed |
| HB 1602 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Commission on Immigration and Migration and a migrant worker visa pilot project. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HB 1687 | Relating to a study of the feasibility and desirability of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. | Filed |
| HB 1698 | Relating to the nonconfidential status of certain state pension information. | Filed |
| HB 1701 | Relating to the approval period for a proposal for an award of a grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund. | Filed |
| HB 1751 | Relating to the execution or enforcement of federal laws that violate the Bill of Rights of the Texas Constitution. | Filed |
| HB 1758 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 1799 | Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act. | Filed |
| HB 1999 | Relating to the recommendations made by the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding state agencies reviewed under the Texas Sunset Act. | Filed |
| HB 2024 | Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. | Filed |
| HB 2034 | Relating to an exemption from the requirement that a legislative caucus file reports of contributions and expenditures if no reportable activity occurs. | Filed |
| HB 2093 | Relating to a study on the cost of a moratorium on administering certain assessment instruments. | Filed |
| HB 2154 | Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | Filed |
| HB 2164 | Relating to the applicability of certain unfunded mandates on political subdivisions. | Filed |
| HB 2203 | Relating to the creation of the Joint Committee to Review the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Filed |
| HB 2253 | Relating to a report by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on retail electric service minimum usage fees and usage credits. | Filed |
| HB 2289 | Relating to the security of the electric grid. | Filed |
| HB 2293 | Relating to the certification by the comptroller to the commissioner of education of the taxable value of property in each school district. | Filed |
| HB 2338 | Relating to excepting certain appropriations from computations regarding the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Filed |
| HB 2373 | Relating to the creation of a task force to conduct a study and develop recommendations to alleviate the incidence of gun violence in this state. | Filed |
| HB 2378 | Relating to a periodic review and expiration dates of state and local tax preferences. | Filed |
| HB 2543 | Relating to public school teacher performance appraisals, continuing education, professional development, career advancement, and compensation. | Filed |
| HB 2557 | Relating to certain hospital districts and to certain corporations or organizations formed by those districts. | Filed |
| HB 2560 | Relating to the filing of an application for a place on the general primary election ballot. | Filed |
| HB 2571 | Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies. | Filed |
| HB 2614 | Relating to a peace officer training advisory committee. | Filed |
| HB 2749 | Relating to coverage of certain eating disorders as serious mental illnesses under certain group health benefit plans. | Filed |
| HB 2780 | Relating to the parking and movement of vehicles in the Capitol Complex. | Filed |
| HB 2816 | Relating to legislative and judicial review of state agency rulemaking. | Filed |
| HB 2845 | Relating to the eligibility of a person to be a candidate for or holder of a public elective office. | Filed |
| HB 2907 | Relating to allowing deferred adjudication community supervision for first-time offenders charged with certain intoxication offenses, requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of or placement on deferred adjudication for certain intoxication offenses, and authorizing ethyl alcohol monitoring as a condition of community supervision for certain intoxication offenses; imposing a fee. | Filed |
| HB 2966 | Relating to an interim study regarding the identification of health and human services programs that can be privatized. | Filed |
| HB 2973 | Relating to the establishment of the contract management division of the Legislative Budget Board. | Filed |
| HB 2974 | Relating to the systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Filed |
| HB 2981 | Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Filed |
| HB 3054 | Relating to the dissemination of criminal history record information by the Department of Public Safety concerning the offense of intoxication manslaughter and to a task force to reduce habitual driving while intoxicated. | Filed |
| HB 3112 | Relating to a report to the Legislative Budget Board on the border security functions of certain state agencies. | Filed |
| HB 3124 | Relating to the use of voting stations accessible to persons with disabilities in certain elections. | Filed |
| HB 3158 | Relating to legislative approval of state agency rules that take effect during the two years preceding a regular legislative session. | Filed |
| HB 3167 | Relating to the governing bodies of certain local planning organizations. | Filed |
| HB 3180 | Relating to the canvass of election returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. | Filed |
| HB 3279 | Relating to the authority and duties of the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission. | Filed |
| HB 3282 | Relating to the coordination of, communication of best practices concerning, and collection of information pertaining to the provision of evidence-based behavioral services for students with autism spectrum disorder in this state. | Filed |
| HB 3328 | Relating to certain state fiscal matters. | Filed |
| HB 3412 | Relating to a limitation on the expansion of certain landfills. | Filed |
| HB 3461 | Relating to the standard service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Filed |
| HB 3474 | Relating to issues affecting counties and other governmental entities. | Filed |
| HB 3509 | Relating to contributions and expenditures made in connection with a campaign for speaker of the house of representatives. | Filed |
| HB 3512 | Relating to lobbying activities and the registration of lobbyists. | Filed |
| HB 3515 | Relating to reporting of certain expenditures by registered lobbyists. | Filed |
| HB 3517 | Relating to requirements governing registration and authorized activities of certain lobbyists; expanding the applicability of an occupational registration. | Filed |
| HB 3544 | Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund. | Filed |
| HB 3606 | Relating to reporting requirements for receipt or expenditure of federal funds by political subdivisions that receive federal funds. | Filed |
| HB 3607 | Relating to notifying a state senator and state representative about the creation of a district and acquiring road powers for a district. | Filed |
| HB 3699 | Relating to the standard service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Filed |
| HB 3705 | Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Filed |
| HB 3718 | Relating to the possible use of certain state-owned land for border security. | Filed |
| HB 3721 | Relating to an annual demographic study of each Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate district. | Filed |
| HB 3746 | Relating to the study of public education performance. | Filed |
| HB 3750 | Relating to interim studies on real property owned by the state. | Filed |
| HB 3775 | Relating to restrictions on employment of former members of the state legislature. | Filed |
| HB 3945 | Relating to restrictions on introducing, sponsoring, or voting on measures or bills in which a member of the legislature has certain interests; creating a criminal offense. | Filed |
| HB 4028 | Relating to the creation of a committee to recommend a new system for student assessment and public school accountability. | Filed |
| HB 4056 | Relating to inspection procedures in certain long-term care facilities and the creation of a long-term care legislative oversight committee; providing penalties. | Filed |
| HB 4072 | Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an election contest. | Filed |
| HCR 28 | Directing DPS to name the new crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Sr. Crime Lab. | Filed |
| HCR 29 | Declaring that presidential executive orders cannot interfere with states' rights. | Filed |
| HCR 30 | Supporting prayers, including the use of the word "God," at public gatherings, and displays of the Ten Commandments in public educational institutions and other government buildings. | Filed |
| HCR 31 | Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. | Filed |
| HCR 32 | Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | Filed |
| HCR 34 | Directing DPS to name the new crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab. | Filed |
| HCR 36 | Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | Filed |
| HCR 37 | Requesting creation of a joint interim committee to study a nonsubstantive reorganization of the Texas Constitution. | Filed |
| HCR 40 | Expressing support for the Texas Dream Act and urging other U.S. states to enact similar legislation. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HCR 49 | Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. | Filed |
| HCR 50 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 29, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 2, 2015. | Filed |
| HCR 52 | Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve and permit the relocation of the Texas Game Warden Memorial to a site at the State Capitol, south of the Sam Houston Building, just outside of the historical grounds. | Filed |
| HCR 53 | Inviting the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to address a joint session of the legislature on February 18, 2015. | Filed |
| HCR 54 | Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a "Regulation Freedom Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution. | Filed |
| HCR 55 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, February 5, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 9, 2015. | Filed |
| HCR 56 | Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint interim joint committees. | Filed |
| HCR 57 | Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. | Filed |
| HCR 59 | Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget, except during a war. | Filed |
| HCR 61 | 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. | Filed |
| HCR 63 | Urging the U.S. Congress to expedite natural gas exports. | Filed |
| HCR 66 | Declaring Israel a major strategic ally of Texas. | Filed |
| HCR 67 | Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HCR 71 | Expressing support for the creation of a University of Houston health science center by the UH System Board of Regents. | Filed |
| HCR 72 | Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to provide for a joint interim study regarding economic development in the Texas coastal region. | Filed |
| HCR 74 | Directing the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to support the creation of a model water recycling project in an appropriate location. | Filed |
| HCR 75 | Encouraging the State Preservation Board and the director of the Bullock Texas State History Museum to establish a museum of Texas music history as a permanent and integral program within the Bullock Museum. | Filed |
| HCR 80 | Petitioning Congress to provide funding for repairs to the Battleship Texas. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HCR 82 | Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. | Filed |
| HCR 83 | Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to rename the State Insurance Building Annex in the Capitol Complex the John G. Tower State Office Building. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HCR 89 | Urging Congress to repeal the health insurance tax. | Filed |
| HCR 90 | Requesting the speaker and lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study seawater desalination on the Texas coast. | Filed |
| HCR 91 | Urging the president to abandon the budget proposal redirecting offshore drilling revenue due to Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act. | Filed |
| HCR 94 | Urging the U.S. Congress to designate the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail as National Historic Trails. | Filed |
| HCR 96 | Requesting the speaker of the house of representatives and the lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study the issue of advertising public notices. | Filed |
| HCR 97 | Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study occupational licensing and issues for reform. | Filed |
| HCR 124 | Directing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct a study to examine the jobs that college graduates are able to attain in their degree field within two years of graduation and how effective it may be to use this information to reappropriate funding to colleges. | Filed |
| HCR 107 | Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas. | Filed |
| HCR 112 | Urging Congress to direct the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revise existing policies that promote the waste of water after an irrigated crop has been declared a failure. | Filed |
| HCR 111 | Urging Hidalgo County to reduce its tax rate upon establishment of the Hidalgo County Healthcare District. | Filed |
| HCR 115 | Requesting the Texas Supreme Court to study ways to eliminate court filing fees. | Filed |
| HCR 109 | Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. | Filed |
| HCR 131 | Urging the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to extend and expand its certificate of location program for oyster harvesting. | Filed |
| HCR 133 | Requesting that the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives create a joint interim committee to study oyster resource management in Texas waterways. | Filed |
| HCR 120 | Urging Congress to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, Section 5056, and to appropriate sufficient funds so that efforts to solve the salt problem in the Amistad International Reservoir can continue. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HCR 117 | Urging the United States Congress to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act. | Filed |
| 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. | Filed |
| HCR 123 | Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker to create a joint interim committee to study compatible land use and regulatory standards for renewable energy development. | Filed |
| HCR 140 | Urging governmental entities to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to instead fly the Freedom and Heritage Flag. | Filed |
| HJR 8 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate certain money to the purpose of retiring state debt early. | Filed |
| HJR 13 | Proposing a constitutional amendment temporarily dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax to the state highway fund. | Filed |
| HJR 16 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the exclusive legislative duty to support and maintain an efficient system of public schools. | Filed |
| HJR 17 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt a local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead. | Filed |
| HJR 18 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for the increase of the exemption amount in subsequent years to reflect inflation, and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of a disabled or elderly person to reflect the increased exemption amounts. | Filed |
| HJR 19 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a rate of the franchise tax be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature. | Filed |
| HJR 20 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. | Filed |
| HJR 21 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring that any appropriations in excess of the constitutional spending limit be approved by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house of the legislature. | Filed |
| HJR 22 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming agreement with this state; providing for licensing of persons under the agreement; limiting certain taxes and fees. | Filed |
| HJR 23 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to exempt from ad valorem taxation mineral interests owned by nonprofit corporations organized for the exclusive purpose of generating income for certain charitable nonprofit corporations through the ownership, lease, and management of real property. | Filed |
| HJR 24 | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating revenue derived from the taxes imposed on the sale, use, or rental of motor vehicles to the state highway fund and limiting the permissible uses of certain money in the fund. | Filed |
| HJR 25 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. | Filed |
| HJR 26 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing an increased minimum wage. | Filed |
| HJR 27 | Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the uses of revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenue received from the federal government. | Filed |
| HJR 28 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used. | Filed |
| HJR 29 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used. | Filed |
| HJR 30 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes from $15,000 to $45,000 and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | Filed |
| HJR 31 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the attorney general to be licensed and eligible to practice law in this state. | Filed |
| HJR 32 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a court of this state to uphold and apply certain laws, including the doctrine requiring courts to refrain from involvement in religious doctrinal interpretation or application. | Filed |
| HJR 33 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on sporting goods. | Filed |
| HJR 34 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage. | Filed |
| HJR 35 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the voters of Bexar County to adopt a charter that restructures and empowers the county government and that may allow the integration of the county government with certain other political subdivisions located wholly or partly in the county. | Filed |
| HJR 36 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used. | Filed |
| HJR 37 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a person holding a statewide elective office automatically vacates office on announcing a candidacy or becoming a candidate for another elective office before December 1 of the last full odd-numbered year of the person's term of office. | Filed |
| HJR 38 | Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices. | Filed |
| HJR 39 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on sporting goods. | Filed |
| HJR 40 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the legislature to establish a state gaming commission and to authorize and provide for the regulation of gaming conducted at certain locations in this state, authorizing federally recognized Indian tribes to conduct gaming on certain Indian lands, and requiring the governor to call the legislature into special session to consider gaming legislation. | Filed |
| HJR 41 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to private road work by certain counties. | Filed |
| HJR 42 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a veteran of the United States armed services who has been honorably discharged. | Filed |
| HJR 43 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taxation of the sale or use of certain prescription medicine. | Filed |
| HJR 44 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require that proposed constitutional amendments be approved by a majority of the voters in at least half of the counties of this state. | Filed |
| HJR 45 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund. | Filed |
| HJR 46 | Proposing a constitutional amendment on the length of legislative terms and limiting to three the number of terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to the legislature or certain state offices. | Filed |
| HJR 47 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a court to partition the community property and to characterize future earnings of spouses as separate property on legal separation of the spouses. | Filed |
| HJR 48 | Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting the permissible uses of the state highway fund, including further limiting the use of additional tax and fee revenue attributable to changes to certain state taxes and fees, to increase revenue for nontolled public highway purposes. | Filed |
| HJR 49 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting. | Filed |
| HJR 50 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election. | Filed |
| HJR 51 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who died before the law authorizing a residence homestead exemption for such a veteran took effect. | Filed |
| HJR 52 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing honesty in state taxation. | Filed |
| HJR 53 | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale of motor vehicles to the state highway fund. | Filed |
| HJR 54 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature. | Filed |
| HJR 55 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a person's free exercise of religion. | Filed |
| HJR 56 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to remove legislative authority to regulate the wearing of arms. | Filed |
| HJR 57 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision that adopts an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a percentage of the market value of an individual's residence homestead to set a limit on the dollar amount of the exemption to which an individual is entitled in a tax year. | Filed |
| HJR 58 | Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the dedication by general law of revenue of or money received by this state and money held in or deposited to an account or fund inside or outside the state treasury and the authorized expenditure or appropriation of revenue or money dedicated by general law. | Filed |
| HJR 59 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate net revenue from the state lottery to support educational programs that benefit classroom teaching in the state's public schools and to prohibit certain lottery advertisements and promotions. | Filed |
| HJR 60 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations. | Filed |
| HJR 61 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife. | Filed |
| HJR 62 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the recording of certain proceedings of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals and the publication of the recordings. | Filed |
| HJR 63 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for an annual state budget and annual legislative sessions for budget purposes. | Filed |
| HJR 64 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property owned by or leased to or by a university research technology corporation. | Filed |
| HJR 65 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the prohibition of government interference with certain speech by religious leaders and students. | Filed |
| HJR 66 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who died before the law authorizing a residence homestead exemption for such a veteran took effect. | Filed |
| HJR 67 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a percentage of the assessed value of property owned by certain disabled veterans. | Filed |
| HJR 68 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate certain money to the purpose of retiring state debt early. | Filed |
| HJR 69 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit the attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud or the imposition of the motor fuels tax. | Filed |
| HJR 70 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election. | Filed |
| HJR 71 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. | Filed |
| HJR 72 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | Filed |
| HJR 73 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles. | Filed |
| HJR 74 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | Filed |
| HJR 75 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who died before the law authorizing a residence homestead exemption for such a veteran took effect. | Filed |
| HJR 76 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Energy Commission. | Filed |
| HJR 77 | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. | Filed |
| HJR 78 | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government. | Filed |
| HJR 79 | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to provide for a federal balanced budget. | Filed |
| HJR 80 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes. | Filed |
| HJR 81 | Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the terms of office of a district judge. | Filed |
| HJR 82 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the authorization or funding of an elementary or secondary education voucher program. | Filed |
| HJR 83 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature. | Filed |
| HJR 84 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the total assessed value of the residence homestead of a veteran or current member of the armed services of the United States while the veteran or current service member participates in a veterans court program. | Filed |
| HJR 85 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation real property leased to certain schools organized and operated primarily for the purpose of engaging in educational functions. | Filed |
| HJR 86 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing elections for the recall of independent school district trustees. | Filed |
| HJR 87 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the assessed value of certain real property used to provide housing to certain persons with disabilities. | Filed |
| HJR 88 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to exempt from ad valorem taxation the real and tangible personal property of businesses during an initial period of operation in this state. | Filed |
| HJR 89 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to county residents who are indigent or who are Medicaid recipients. | Filed |
| HJR 90 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to abolish the court of criminal appeals and establish one supreme court with civil and criminal appellate jurisdiction. | Filed |
| HJR 91 | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale of motor vehicles to the state highway fund. | Filed |
| HJR 92 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing local option elections to legalize or prohibit the operation of eight-liners. | Filed |
| HJR 93 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. | Filed |
| HJR 94 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to limiting the permissible uses of money appropriated from the economic stabilization fund. | Filed |
| HJR 95 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature. | Filed |
| HJR 96 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of certain political subdivisions to adopt a local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead. | Filed |
| HJR 97 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to pay at least 50 percent of the cost of maintaining and operating the public school system and prohibiting the comptroller from certifying legislation containing an appropriation unless the requirement is met. | Filed |
| HJR 98 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. | Filed |
| HJR 99 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. | Filed |
| HJR 100 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of real property of a business that employs honorably discharged veterans. | Filed |
| HJR 101 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | Filed |
| HJR 102 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person's inventory held for sale at retail. | Filed |
| HJR 103 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to reduce the amount of an item of appropriation in an appropriations bill. | Filed |
| HJR 104 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the creation of emergency response districts; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. | Filed |
| HJR 105 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the operation of casino games in this state by licensed persons in counties that have approved casino gaming; providing for certification or licensing of persons engaged in occupations related to casino gaming. | Filed |
| HJR 106 | Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Filed |
| HJR 107 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the periodic review of state and local tax preferences and the expiration of certain tax preferences if not reauthorized by law. | Filed |
| HJR 108 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting a county or other political subdivision from eliminating offices or changing district boundaries between the primary and general elections. | Filed |
| HJR 109 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit a county to issue bonds or notes to finance transportation and infrastructure projects in a defined area to be repaid from increases in revenue from ad valorem taxes in the area. | Filed |
| HJR 110 | Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate. | Filed |
| HJR 111 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit using revenues, other money, or account or fund balances dedicated by law for nondedicated general governmental purposes or for certification of appropriations for nondedicated purposes or entities. | Filed |
| HJR 112 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the composition of the grand jury. | Filed |
| HJR 113 | Proposing a constitutional amendment protecting private schools from state and local regulation. | Filed |
| HJR 114 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and lubricants may be used. | Filed |
| HJR 115 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to entitle the University of Houston to participate in the income and other benefits of the permanent university fund. | Filed |
| HJR 116 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to provide an additional exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain surviving spouses of peace officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. | Filed |
| HJR 117 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation, for a period not to exceed 10 years, the total assessed value of the residence homestead of an honorably discharged veteran of the armed services of the United States, or the surviving spouse of such a veteran, if the residence homestead was donated to the veteran, or the purchase of the residence homestead was financed, by a charitable organization. | Filed |
| HJR 118 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the transfer of certain general revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. | Filed |
| HJR 119 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain elected county or district officeholders to become candidates for a countywide office of the same county without automatically resigning from the office already being held. | Filed |
| HJR 120 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish the Alamo preservation fund and make a one-time transfer of money from the economic stabilization fund to the Alamo preservation fund. | Filed |
| HJR 121 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations. | Filed |
| HJR 122 | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting. | Filed |
| HJR 123 | Proposing a constitutional amendment extending the length of the terms of members of the legislature. | Filed |
| HJR 124 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day the regular legislative session convenes. | Filed |
| HJR 125 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a person's free exercise of religion. | Filed |
| HJR 126 | Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent authorized under federal constitutional law. | Filed |
| HJR 127 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of part of the market value of the residence homestead of a partially disabled veteran or the surviving spouse of a partially disabled veteran if the residence homestead was donated to the partially disabled veteran by a charitable organization for less than the market value of the residence homestead or if the charitable organization donated all or part of the purchase price of the residence homestead to the partially disabled veteran and harmonizing certain related provisions of the Texas Constitution. | Filed |
| HJR 128 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the limitation of fees that may be charged for a home equity loan. | Filed |
| HJR 129 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas to conduct all forms of gaming on certain tribal land and requiring the tribes to annually pay five percent of net proceeds from gaming to the comptroller of public accounts for deposit in the general revenue fund. | Filed |
| HJR 130 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit state debt. | Filed |
| HJR 131 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning fees that are subject to the maximum allowable limit to obtain a home equity loan. | Filed |
| HJR 132 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain payment for health care services and prohibiting requiring participation in a mandatory health care system. | Filed |
| HJR 133 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish certain principles and procedures for the drawing of districts for the Texas Senate, the Texas House of Representatives, and the United States House of Representatives. | Filed |
| HJR 134 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who died before the law authorizing a residence homestead exemption for such a veteran took effect and authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions all or part of the market value of the tangible personal property a person owns that consists of inventory. | Filed |
| HJR 135 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for an exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes of a percentage, rather than a dollar amount, of the market value of a residence homestead and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect any increased exemption amount. | Filed |
| HJR 136 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish a permanent endowment to support the construction, acquisition, improvement, and equipping of buildings, facilities, and other improvements at public junior and community colleges. | Filed |
| HJR 137 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for certain excess revenue to be dedicated toward contributions to state retirement systems, the health benefit plan for retired education employees and their dependents, the Texas tomorrow fund, the permanent school fund, and the permanent university fund. | Filed |
| HJR 138 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of bonds and notes in the military value revolving loan account. | Filed |
| HJR 139 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to phase out by 2025 the ad valorem taxation by a school district of the tangible personal property a person owns that consists of inventory. | Filed |
| HJR 140 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. | Filed |
| HJR 141 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to provide for credits against the ad valorem taxes imposed by a school district on the property of certain persons who provide an educational alternative for a child eligible to attend a public school in the district. | Filed |
| HJR 142 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the operation of casino games in certain areas of this state by licensed persons to provide additional money for residual windstorm insurance coverage in the coastal areas; providing for certification or licensing of persons engaged in occupations related to casino gaming. | Filed |
| HJR 143 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000. | Filed |
| HJR 144 | Rescinding the 1899 application of the 26th Texas Legislature to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for proposing undisclosed amendments to that Constitution. | Filed |
| HJR 145 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session. | Filed |
| HJR 146 | Applying to Congress to call a convention, to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution urging the restoration of free and fair elections. | Filed |
| HR 1 | Granting privileges of the floor for the house. | Filed |
| HR 2 | Providing for the election of the speaker of the house. | Filed |
| HR 3 | Adopting the Housekeeping Resolution for the House of Representatives of the 84th Legislature. | Filed |
| HR 4 | Adopting the permanent House Rules for the 84th Legislature. | Filed |
| HR 281 | Expressing support for the continuation of a defined benefit plan for retired participants in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Filed |
| HR 922 | Expressing support for raising awareness of metastatic breast cancer and for expanding research into its causes and the development of more effective treatments. | Filed |
| HR 940 | Expressing support for Military Brat pins honoring those who grew up as dependents of military personnel. | Filed |
| HR 1145 | Urging Congress to expedite the permitting process for the export of liquefied natural gas. | Filed |
| HR 1215 | Petitioning Congress to instruct the Transportation Security Administration to accept concealed handgun licenses as valid forms of identification. | Filed |
| HR 1349 | Requesting the speaker to create an interim committee to study issues relating to police body camera equipment. | Filed |
| HR 1439 | Expressing condemnation of all forms of anti-Semitism. | Filed |
| HR 1443 | Endorsing the nomination of San Antonio's Spanish colonial missions as a World Heritage site. | Filed |
| HR 1508 | Expressing support for the use of sound science to study and regulate modern agricultural technologies and opposition to legislative or regulatory action that may result in unnecessary restrictions on the technologies. | Filed |
| HR 3496 | Commending the Sunset Advisory Commission staff members on the Department of State Health Services sunset team. | Filed |
| HR 3648 | Commending the Sunset Advisory Commission staff members on the University Interscholastic League sunset team. | Filed |
| HR 3646 | Commending the 2014-2015 Sunset Advisory Commission review cycle team. | Filed |
| HR 3650 | Commending the staff of the Sunset Advisory Commission. the TLC Legal Division, and Legislative staff for their work on HB 550 and SB 219. | Filed |
| HR 3529 | Encouraging all Texans to consider adoption when deciding to expand their families and congratulating Steve and Amy Bruno on the adoption of their son, Alexander Peter Theodore Bruno. | Filed |
| HR 3497 | Commending the Sunset Advisory Commission staff members on the Health and Human Services Commission sunset team. | Filed |
| HR 3488 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1295. | Filed |
| HR 3421 | Requesting that the president of the United States grant a posthumous full pardon to World Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson. | Filed |
| HR 3413 | Expressing support for La Entrada al Pacifico international trade corridor. | Filed |
| HR 3385 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.J.R. No. 5. | Filed |
| HR 1843 | Acknowledging regret for the trespasses of our predecessors against the Indigenous People, expressing respect for the cultures of the Indigenous People, honoring them for their stewardship and protection of this land, and committing to building an honest, constructive relationship and to forging a covenant with the Creator and all Indigenous People to work toward achieving the mutual goal of a society that advances opportunities for all citizens. | Filed |
| HR 1605 | Expressing a commitment to the elimination of illegal fishing and urging Congress to take action to end illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in our sovereign waters. | Filed |
| HR 3239 | Requesting the speaker of the house to create a select interim committee to examine the Hazlewood Act program. | Filed |
| HR 3164 | Encouraging Texas communities to adopt zero waste goals. | Filed |
| HR 3316 | Celebrating the expansion of the digital component of the State Capitol Medal of Honor exhibit to include recognition of recipients of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. | Filed |
| HR 3334 | Honoring members of the Texas House of Representatives who served in the United States military during the Vietnam War. | Filed |
| HR 1824 | Requesting the speaker to direct the House Committee on Natural Resources to conduct an interim study on the interconnectivity of Texas water resources. | Filed |
| HR 2505 | Condemning anti-Semitism and expressing opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. | Filed |
| HR 2500 | Commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Sister State relationship between the State of Texas and Taiwan and expressing support for the establishment of a Texas trade office in Taiwan and for the expansion of Taiwan's role in the international community. | Filed |
| HR 1835 | Expressing support for the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. | Filed |
| HR 1826 | Requesting the speaker to direct the House Committee on Natural Resources to conduct an interim study relating to the effects of evaporation on Texas water resources. | Filed |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 9 | Relating to limitations on the rate of growth of appropriations for certain categories of spending. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 15 | Relating to state tax reductions and the limit on appropriations from certain state tax revenue for a state fiscal biennium. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 16 | Relating to excepting certain appropriations from computations regarding the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 19 | Relating to the ethics of public officers and employees, the disclosure of certain political contributions, and related requirements and procedures; creating criminal offenses. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 53 | Relating to strategic fiscal reviews of state agencies and programs. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 63 | Relating to the qualifications for and time that a person may serve in certain offices. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 74 | Relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 77 | Relating to the development of a climate adaptation plan by certain entities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 80 | Relating to a periodic review of state and local tax preferences. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 101 | Relating to excepting certain appropriations from computations regarding the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 115 | Relating to the nonconfidential status of certain state pension information. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 129 | Relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to legislative review of those benchmarks. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 136 | Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 137 | Relating to the maximum rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 207 | Relating to the authority and duties of the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 208 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 209 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 216 | Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 217 | Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 233 | Relating to limitations on increases in fees and designated tuition charged by public institutions of higher education. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 243 | Relating to the cost of education adjustment. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 299 | Relating to the form of the Legislative Budget Board's report of equalized funding elements to the commissioner of education and the legislature. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 319 | Relating to lobbying by former members of the legislature; creating an offense. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 361 | Relating to limitations on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 404 | Relating to requiring state agencies to identify spending reduction measures. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 459 | Relating to the creation of the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs in the office of the governor. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 523 | Relating to the sunset review of river authorities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 524 | Relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 533 | Relating to the parking and movement of vehicles in the Capitol Complex. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 551 | Relating to the duty of the Water Conservation Advisory Council to submit a report and recommendations regarding water conservation in this state. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 554 | Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the sunset review process. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 555 | Relating to the eligibility of a person to be a candidate for or holder of a public elective office. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 587 | Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain registrations and reports filed by lobbyists. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 695 | Relating to a study of the feasibility and desirability of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 721 | Relating to the sunset review of regional mobility authorities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 729 | Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a constitutional convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 852 | Relating to the disclosure of interested parties by persons contracting with governmental entities and state agencies. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 863 | Relating to the audit of river authorities by the state auditor's office. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 868 | Relating to a periodic review and expiration dates of state and local tax preferences. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 878 | Relating to a limitation on the expansion of certain landfills. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 893 | Relating to public school teacher performance appraisals, continuing education, professional development, career advancement, and compensation. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 923 | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 962 | Relating to legislative and judicial review of state agency rulemaking. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1053 | Relating to the management of state contracts, including the establishment of the contract management division of the Legislative Budget Board. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1065 | Relating to the certification by the comptroller to the commissioner of education of the taxable value of property in each school district. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1180 | Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1200 | Relating to the creation of a commission to recommend a new system for student assessment and public school accountability. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1216 | Relating to providing for the review of certain county departments of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1372 | Relating to authorizing certain current and former members of the state legislature to conduct a marriage ceremony. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1433 | Relating to the identification of programs and activities in the general appropriations bill and the review of state agency performance and rules. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1455 | Relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1478 | Relating to coverage of certain eating disorders as serious mental illnesses under certain group health benefit plans. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1516 | Relating to the calculation of a service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1611 | Relating to the establishment of professional charter academies. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1631 | Relating to quarterly reporting of political contributions and expenditures by certain candidates, officeholders, and political committees. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1683 | Relating to the retention of unexpended political contributions by and certain activities and benefits of certain public servants, including current and former members of the legislature. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1796 | Relating to a vacancy in the office of a member of the legislature on final conviction of a felony. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1824 | Relating to a study and report on the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1844 | Relating to the establishment and functions of the Interagency Data Transparency Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1927 | Relating to the investment of a portion of the economic stabilization fund balance. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1953 | Relating to the establishment of the Texas-Mexico Commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 1979 | Relating to the study of the fiscal impact on local governments in Dallas, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro and Rockwall Counties of restructuring the NorthSTAR behavioral health system and the effective implementation the Sunset Commission Health and Human Services Commission Issue 9 recommendation. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 2004 | Relating to deferred maintenance funding for state facilities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SB 2051 | Relating to the study of public education performance. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 1 | Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 2 | Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 6 | Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 7 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 9, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 8 | Urging Congress to reduce the amount of paperwork required of teachers by federal law. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 9 | Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint interim joint committees. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 11 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, and ending on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 12 | Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget except during a time of national emergency. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 13 | Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 14 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, and ending on Monday, February 23, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 18 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, and ending on Monday, March 2, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 21 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, March 4, 2015, and ending on Monday, March 9, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 23 | Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a regulation freedom amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 24 | 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 Texans who served during the Global War on Terror as part of the United States armed forces and their families. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 25 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, and ending on Monday, March 16, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 26 | Directing the governor to award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor posthumously to Lieutenant Colonel Ed Dyess. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 27 | Expressing opposition to EPA-proposed guidelines regarding carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 29 | Urging Congress to update Voting Rights Act provisions to protect against voter discrimination. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 30 | Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to rename the State Insurance Building Annex in the Capitol Complex the John G. Tower State Office Building. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 32 | Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 44 | Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Cleto L. Rodriguez in recognition of his valiant service during World War II. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 35 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, March 25, 2015, and ending on Monday, March 30, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| 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. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 36 | Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, and ending on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 34 | Directing the Texas Water Development Board to conduct a feasibility study on the use of brackish groundwater sources in Montgomery County. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 40 | Authorizing a portrait of Governor Rick Perry to be placed in the Texas Capitol. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 39 | Urging Hidalgo County to reduce its tax rate upon establishment of the Hidalgo County Healthcare District. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 43 | Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Matthew E. Mendoza. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 46 | Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Marcelino Serna. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SCR 47 | Urging the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to select the Rio Grande Valley region as the next expansion site for the Healthy Incentives Pilot program. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 1 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 2 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 3 | Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 4 | Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 5 | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax and the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle to the state highway fund. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 6 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide qualifications for and limit the time that a person may serve in certain offices. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 7 | Proposing a constitutional amendment excepting certain appropriations for reducing state debt from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 8 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 9 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for review or approval of state agency rules by the elected members of the legislature. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 10 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 11 | Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum amount of appropriations for a state fiscal biennium. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 12 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 13 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 14 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or less of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year and to permit the voters of a county to establish a higher limitation not to exceed 110 percent on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead in the county. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 15 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenue from motor vehicle registration fees, certain motor vehicle-related taxes, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 16 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rights of individuals to choose or decline to choose to purchase health insurance coverage. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 17 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to private road work by certain counties. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 18 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on sporting goods. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 19 | Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting appropriations from the economic stabilization fund to a total amount that the comptroller of public accounts estimates will not result at any time in a fund balance of less than a prescribed minimum amount, other than in an emergency if certain requirements are met. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 20 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision other than a school district to adopt an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead and authorizing the legislature to prohibit the governing body of any political subdivision that adopts an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a percentage or a dollar amount, of the market value of an individual's residence homestead from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 21 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for the increase of the exemption amount in subsequent years to reflect inflation, and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of a disabled or elderly person to reflect the increased exemption amounts. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 22 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 23 | Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 24 | Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 25 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate certain money to the purpose of retiring state debt early. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 26 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 27 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 28 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 29 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 30 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation real property leased to certain schools organized and operated primarily for the purpose of engaging in educational functions. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 31 | Proposing a constitutional amendment creating the Texas Gaming Commission, authorizing and regulating the operation of casino games and slot machines by a limited number of licensed operators and certain Indian tribes, authorizing a limited state video lottery system to be operated at horse and greyhound racetracks and on Indian tribal lands, and reducing the number of illegal gambling machines. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 32 | Proposing a constitutional amendment revising the order of legislative business to permit legislative committees to consider matters during the first 60 days of a regular session. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 33 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit using revenues, other money, or account or fund balances dedicated by law for nondedicated general governmental purposes or for certification of appropriations for nondedicated purposes or entities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 34 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas to conduct gaming by executing a gaming agreement with this state; providing for licensing of persons under the agreement; limiting certain taxes and fees. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 35 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions tangible personal property used by the owner of the property to manufacture, process, or fabricate tangible personal property for ultimate sale. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 36 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation income-producing tangible personal property valued at less than $50,000. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 37 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for certain excess revenue to be dedicated toward contributions to state retirement systems, the health benefit plan for retired education employees and their dependents, the Texas tomorrow fund, the permanent school fund, and the permanent university fund. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 38 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the periodic review of state and local tax preferences and providing an expiration date for certain tax preferences. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 39 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit professional sports team charitable foundations to conduct charitable raffles. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 40 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran who died before the law authorizing a residence homestead exemption for such a veteran took effect. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 41 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a statute or appropriations act that furthers a legitimate state purpose or interest such as efficiency or local control meets the requirement of providing an efficient system of public schools and that this requirement is the prerogative of the legislature. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 42 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees and taxes on motor fuels and lubricants may be used. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 43 | Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the issuance of certain debt and the use of certain revenue for toll roads. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 44 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the number, method of appointment, and terms of members of the Texas Ethics Commission and providing for the governance, purpose, and mission of the commission. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 45 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish the Alamo preservation fund and make a one-time transfer of money from the economic stabilization fund to the Alamo preservation fund. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 46 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for the increase of the exemption amount in subsequent years to reflect inflation in homestead values, and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of a disabled or elderly person to reflect the increased exemption amounts. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 47 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of the state sales and use tax on sporting goods. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 48 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of additional obligations to provide financial assistance to counties for roadways to serve border colonias. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 49 | Proposing a constitutional amendment mandating the legislature to require candidates for public elective office in this state to undergo drug screening. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 50 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation structures used to store certain implements of husbandry. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 51 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe and the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas to conduct all forms of gaming on certain tribal land and requiring the tribes to annually pay five percent of net proceeds from gaming to the comptroller of public accounts for deposit in the general revenue fund. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 52 | Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 53 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the exclusive legislative duty to support and maintain an efficient system of public schools. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 54 | Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing the death penalty. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 55 | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for retention elections for police chiefs of certain municipalities. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 56 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation by one or more political subdivisions of this state a person's inventory. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 57 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes, providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and extending the number of days that certain tangible personal property that is exempt from ad valorem taxation due to its temporary location in this state may remain located in this state before forfeiting the right to the exemption. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 59 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to nullify an order, rule, policy, or similar measure adopted by the executive branch of the federal government that exceeds the authority granted by the United States Constitution. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 60 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of real property of a business that employs honorably discharged veterans. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 61 | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county of a portion of the value of the residence homestead of a physician who provides health care services for which the physician agrees not to seek payment from any source, including the Medicaid program or otherwise from this state or the federal government, to indigent residents of the county. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 62 | Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue sources to be used for the acquisition of rights-of-way for and the construction and maintenance of public roadways. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 63 | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 64 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the creation of emergency response districts; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 65 | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of bonds and notes in the military value revolving loan account. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 66 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day preceding the day the regular legislative session convenes. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 68 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to make a one-time transfer of money from the economic stabilization fund to the trust fund of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SJR 67 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the minimum amount that the state may contribute to the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 1 | Senate Caucus Report. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 133 | Granting the Texas DeMolay Association permission to use the Senate Chamber in the State Capitol on February 21 and 22, 2015. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 1064 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. 1295. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 642 | Expressing support for the study and regulation of modern agricultural technologies. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 1034 | Encouraging efforts to preserve Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 525 | Suspending Senate Rule 2.02 to grant floor privileges to the former lieutenant governors, former senate members, and the former secretary of the senate during the Former Members Day recognition ceremony. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 1075 | Senate Caucus Report. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 451 | Urging Congress to direct the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
| SR 1035 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.J.R. No. 5. | Received by the Secretary of the Senate |
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