Chair
State Representative (R)
Investments & Financial Services
House Committee
Vice Chair
State Representative (D)
Committee members
Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 146 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Other |
Relating to requiring photo identification for certain credit card purchases. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 149 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Other |
Relating to photo identification requirements for certain stored value card purchases. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 287 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to accounting and payoff statements for certain seller-financed residential loans. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 371 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Labor and Employment Military |
Relating to certain extensions of consumer credit facilitated by a credit access business for certain military personnel or their dependents. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 114 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the issuance of certain capital appreciation bonds by political subdivisions. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 156 | Commerce Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the use of proceeds of bonds sold and delivered by a home-rule municipality for a specific purpose. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 322 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Other |
Relating to the regulation of persons who facilitate the issuance of tax refund anticipation checks. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 831 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to disclosure of home mortgage information to a surviving spouse. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 483 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Other State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment and administration of a state bullion depository; authorizing fees. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 1020 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations; providing civil and administrative penalties. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1002 | Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to disclosure of home mortgage information to a surviving spouse. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 858 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to the presumption of abandonment of an inactive checking or savings account or a matured certificate of deposit. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1239 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to the provision of accounting statements by mortgage servicers for certain loans secured by a lien on residential real property. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1454 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property Other State Agencies |
Relating to notice, reporting, and records requirements for holders of certain personal property that is or may be presumed abandoned. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 870 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the investment training requirement for certain local government financial officers. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1628 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Other State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing a credit union or other financial institution to conduct savings promotion raffles. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1626 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to the designation of certain areas as banking or credit union development districts to encourage the establishment of branches of banks or credit unions in those areas. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1400 | Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the investment training requirement for certain local government officers. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1629 | Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to crowdfunding portal regulations for small business development. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1378 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education |
Relating to the fiscal transparency and accountability of political subdivisions. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1399 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Technology and Communication |
Relating to procedures and requirements for the issuance of certificates of obligation. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 2166 | Commerce Transportation |
Relating to certain extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit access businesses; providing a civil penalty. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2099 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce |
Relating to the issuance of capital appreciation bonds by political subdivisions. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1750 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of certain capital appreciation bonds by local governments. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2473 | Commerce Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to establishing a grant program in the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to assist certain organizations that make residential mortgage loans to residents of certain neighborhoods. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2394 | Commerce |
Relating to the compelled production of certain customer records by a financial institution. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2493 | State Agencies |
Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of the State Securities Board; authorizing fees. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2803 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Other State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to notice requirements for licensed lenders of deferred presentment transactions and motor vehicle certificate of title loans; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2580 | Business and Consumers Commerce Technology and Communication |
Relating to crowdfunding portal regulations. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2534 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of state trust companies. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2808 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Municipal and County Issues State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations; increasing a criminal penalty. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2679 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the powers of a public facility corporation. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2676 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to the regulation of money services businesses; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2851 | Commerce Education Executive Branch Other State Agencies |
Relating to the limitation on the liability of the nonprofit corporation established by the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue revenue bonds for open-enrollment charter schools to provide educational facilities. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 3344 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Campaign Finance and Election Issues Housing and Property Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to issue debt to purchase or lease tangible personal property. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3320 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to the use of certain coins and bullion as legal tender. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3308 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of state trust companies. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3425 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes |
Relating to the creation of a intrastate investment market for purposes of trading securities issued under the intrastate crowdfunding exemption from federal securities laws. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2954 | Commerce Health Public Services |
Relating to an electronic financial record matching program to verify the assets of certain applicants and recipients under the medical assistance program. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3522 | Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to photo identification requirements for certain stored value card purchases. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 1752 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education |
Relating to the issuance of certain bonds by school districts and the permissible use of interest derived from the proceeds of those bonds. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 1401 | Commerce Municipal and County Issues Senior Issues Transportation |
Relating to the issuance of bonds by certain municipalities jointly operating an airport to fund a public pension fund. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3442 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to a surcharge imposed for the use of a debit card or stored value card; providing a civil penalty. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3526 | Business and Consumers Commerce Other |
Relating to requiring photo identification for certain card purchases. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3536 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes State Agencies |
Relating to the appointment of the commissioners of certain financial regulatory agencies by the Finance Commission of Texas. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 1726 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to a study by the consumer credit commissioner regarding payment by mortgage lenders of property tax loans. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2819 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property Transportation |
Relating to improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas; providing authority to issue anticipation notes and time warrants. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3638 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to reports for credit access businesses required by the consumer credit commissioner; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3599 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to the sale of collateral in connection with certain extensions of consumer credit that a credit access business obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining; providing a civil penalty. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3619 | Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to a surcharge imposed for the use of a debit card or stored value card; providing a civil penalty. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3555 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to certain administrative procedures and enforcement authority relating to state banks, state trust companies, and bank holding companies. | 03/20/2015 |
| HB 3132 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Other |
Relating to eligibility requirements to act as a financial adviser or investment adviser in relation to certain public securities. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 131 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning fees that are subject to the maximum allowable limit to obtain a home equity loan. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3240 | Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to a surcharge imposed for the use of a debit card or stored value card; providing a civil penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3811 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to extensions of consumer credit in the form of a deferred presentment transaction that a credit access business obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining; providing a civil penalty; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3824 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Other State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the regulation of certain short-term consumer loans; imposing an assessment and fees; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty; requiring an occupational license. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3654 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the fiscal transparency of political subdivisions. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4057 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to contracts and other documents issued by credit access businesses; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3617 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of a business investment fund in this state. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3812 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to extensions of consumer credit in the form of a motor vehicle title loan that a credit access business obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining; providing a civil penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 2204 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Education |
Relating to state support for assistance with payment of existing debt on certain bonds issued by school districts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3223 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Transportation |
Relating to requiring a credit access business to verify the vehicle identification number used to obtain a motor vehicle title loan; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3818 | Housing and Property |
Relating to a leasehold or other possessory interest in real property granted by a public facility corporation for a public facility. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4120 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration |
Relating to money transmissions sent to destinations outside the United States; authorizing a fee. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3047 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Municipal and County Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication Transportation |
Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations; increasing a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4073 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the acceptance of certain documentation from consumers by certain credit services organizations and the reporting requirements for those organizations; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3873 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, the consumer credit commissioner, and the duties of the consumer credit commissioner, including the regulation of credit access businesses. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3094 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of consumer credit transactions and the regulatory authority of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3058 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to the threat or pursuit of criminal charges against a consumer in association with certain extensions of consumer credit; providing a civil penalty; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3960 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property |
Relating to the authority of a property owner to enter into a property tax loan if the property is already subject to a lien securing such a loan. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3938 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Insurance |
Relating to single premium term life insurance offered in connection with certain consumer loans. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3920 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce |
Relating to financing arrangements between political subdivisions and private entities for the implementation of pay for success initiatives. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3014 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes State Agencies |
Relating to the administration of "pay for success" contracts for state agencies. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 1881 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Education |
Relating to authorizing certain private schools to charge fees for processing or handling certain payments or payment transactions. | 03/25/2015 |
| HB 3918 | Commerce Transportation |
Relating to private activity bonds. | 03/25/2015 |
| HB 3231 | Commerce Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to perpetual care cemeteries. | 04/09/2015 |
| SB 657 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes State Agencies |
Relating to the appointment of the commissioners of certain financial regulatory agencies by the Finance Commission of Texas. | 04/15/2015 |
| SB 1137 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property Transportation |
Relating to improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas; providing authority to issue anticipation notes and time warrants. | 04/17/2015 |
| SB 656 | Other |
Relating to perpetual care cemeteries. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 641 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce |
Relating to debit card or stored value card surcharges; providing a civil penalty. | 04/27/2015 |
| HB 4209 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes State Agencies |
Relating to investment of public funds. | 04/27/2015 |
| SB 1282 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of consumer credit transactions and the regulatory authority of the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner. | 04/29/2015 |
| SB 875 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of state trust companies. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 899 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of money services businesses; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 1203 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property State Agencies |
Relating to exemptions from the applicability of the Texas Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2009 and other laws applicable to residential mortgage loan originators. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 1075 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Crime State Agencies |
Relating to criminal history record information obtained by the consumer credit commissioner. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1650 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Military State Agencies |
Relating to credit services organizations and extensions of consumer credit, including extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit services organizations. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 1916 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce |
Relating to the escheat of United States savings bonds. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 310 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Campaign Finance and Election Issues Commerce Technology and Communication |
Relating to procedures and requirements for the issuance of certificates of obligation. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1229 | Commerce Health |
Relating to restrictions on the use of credit card payments to settle claims for health care services. | 05/15/2015 |
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