Chair
State Representative (D)
International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs
House Committee
Vice Chair
State Representative (R)
Committee members
Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCR 57 | Commerce Energy Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. | 03/03/2015 |
| HCR 63 | Commerce Energy Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging the U.S. Congress to expedite natural gas exports. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1063 | Environmental Health Immigration Other State Agencies Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to state assistance to certain counties for indigent burial costs. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1654 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Environmental Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to public agreements or contracts related to United Nations Agenda 21. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1543 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of the Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs in the office of the governor. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 2078 | Environmental State Agencies |
Relating to the creation and duties of the Global Climate Change Commission. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2215 | Commerce Housing and Property Immigration Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to notice and opportunity to cure before filing certain enforcement actions against subdividers of land in certain border and economically distressed counties. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2214 | Commerce Housing and Property Immigration Other |
Relating to the use of earnest money contracts to purchase land in certain border and economically distressed counties; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2476 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health Immigration Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the operations of health care funding districts in certain counties located on the Texas-Mexico border. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2866 | Transportation |
Relating to eligibility for and allocation of grants from the transportation infrastructure fund. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2571 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Environmental Legislative Affairs Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to information on projected changes in weather, water availability, and climate variability in strategic plans of certain state agencies. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2515 | Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to authority to establish, operate, and maintain a foreign trade zone at or adjacent to the Pharr port of entry. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2538 | Environmental Housing and Property Immigration Military Municipal and County Issues Public Services Senior Issues |
Relating to the designation of certain customer bill payment assistance program costs as an expense of operation that is a first lien against revenue securing certain public securities or obligations in certain municipalities. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 3378 | Business and Consumers Commerce Immigration Other Transportation |
Relating to the border commerce coordinator. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2080 | Energy Environmental Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the creation and implementation of a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan. | 03/17/2015 |
| HCR 66 | Legislative Affairs |
Declaring Israel a major strategic ally of Texas. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3383 | Business and Consumers Commerce Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to the EB-5 immigrant investor visa program administered by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3793 | Housing and Property Immigration Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to authorizing certain border counties and municipalities in those counties to regulate land development; providing a penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3061 | Transportation |
Relating to the movement of vehicles transporting ocean cargo shipping containers; authorizing a fee. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3452 | Housing and Property Immigration Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to regulation of subdivisions in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3948 | Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to the review of the economic impact of the immigrant investor visa program. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3769 | Commerce Transportation |
Relating to the funding of certain transportation projects. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3071 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the notification and reporting duties of a state governmental entity with public retirement system investment holdings in Sudan or Iran. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4002 | Health Other |
Relating to an interim study regarding international price discrimination in pharmaceuticals. | 03/24/2015 |
| HCR 102 | Resolutions |
Congratulating Benjamin Netanyahu on his reelection as prime minister of Israel. | 04/06/2015 |
| SB 940 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the notification duties of a state governmental entity with public retirement system investment holdings in Sudan or Iran. | 04/29/2015 |
| SCR 32 | Commerce Energy Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports. | 05/01/2015 |
| SCR 13 | Commerce Energy Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1389 | Business and Consumers Commerce Immigration Municipal and County Issues Other Transportation |
Relating to the border commerce coordinator. | 05/05/2015 |
| HR 2500 | Legislative Affairs Other |
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. | 05/08/2015 |
| SB 459 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs in the office of the governor. | 05/11/2015 |
| HCR 140 | Legislative Affairs Other |
Urging governmental entities to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to instead fly the Freedom and Heritage Flag. | 05/29/2015 |
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