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Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 63 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Indigenous Peoples Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to state collaboration with federally recognized Indian tribes. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 68 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration Other Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the creation of a Texas resident driver's permit, provisional Texas resident driver's permit, and Texas resident driver's instruction permit; creating an offense. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 183 | Immigration Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to requiring state agencies to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 177 | Executive Branch Health Legislative Affairs Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to the research, collection, and use of adult stem cells. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 113 | Health Legal Issues Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to prohibiting abortion that is based on the sex of the unborn child; creating an offense. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 88 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 154 | Crime Immigration Legal Issues |
Relating to a prohibition on certain law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 159 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Relating to the reimbursement of state funds used on out-of-state travel by elected officers. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 306 | Education Health Immigration Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the provision of certain public benefits and services to persons not lawfully present in the United States and reimbursement from the federal government for those benefits and services. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 130 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to authorizing a marriage between two persons of the same sex in this state and repealing the statutory prohibition against the recognition of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between two persons of the same sex. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 468 | Family and Children Issues Health Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 145 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to certain legislative deadlines. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 184 | Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the allocation of costs and attorney's fees incurred by a Court of Inquiry. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 310 | Crime Health Immigration Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the cost of confinement and imprisonment of persons not lawfully present in the United States and reimbursement from the federal government for that cost. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 489 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to customer protections related to smart thermostat services marketing and contracts. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 575 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to the notice of contract expiration provided to retail electric customers by retail electric providers. | 02/18/2015 |
| HB 537 | Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the information on the supplementary birth certificate of an adopted child. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 416 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Health Labor and Employment Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to requiring personnel of abortion facilities and certain other facilities performing abortions to complete training on human trafficking. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 540 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the submission to the attorney general of a measure proposing the enactment or repeal of a municipal ordinance. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 582 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Labor and Employment Other Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues State Agencies |
Relating to a prohibition against certain forms of employment discrimination by state contractors; providing an administrative penalty. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 412 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Labor and Employment Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the prohibition against employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by state contractors; providing an administrative penalty. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 627 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Labor and Employment Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to the prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. | 02/19/2015 |
| HB 592 | Crime Immigration Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding the immigration status of an arrested person and the enforcement of an immigration detainer. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 623 | Labor and Employment Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the funding, issuing, and litigation of certain marriage licenses. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 709 | Reproductive Issues |
Relating to the waiting period before a physician may perform an abortion. | 02/23/2015 |
| HB 911 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the composition of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | 02/25/2015 |
| HB 832 | Health Reproductive Issues State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to reporting requirements for a physician performing an abortion at an abortion facility. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 630 | Immigration Labor and Employment Other State Agencies |
Relating to requiring state contractors and governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of work authorization program, or E-Verify, and authorizing the suspension of certain licenses held by private employers for the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in this state; authorizing a fee. | 02/26/2015 |
| HB 739 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to requiring governmental entities to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program or E-verify. | 02/26/2015 |
| HCR 30 | Legislative Affairs Social Issues |
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. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 862 | Energy Housing and Property Public Services |
Relating to requiring an electric utility to notify certain landowners of its application for a certificate of convenience and necessity for a proposed transmission line facility. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 857 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to the legislature's goals for renewable electric generating capacity. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 962 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to the regulation of the amount of installed electric generation capacity. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1027 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Labor and Employment Legal Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to state agency contracting. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1092 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to an annual report of residential electric customer complaints. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 209 | Education Immigration Other |
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 31 | Executive Branch Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the attorney general to be licensed and eligible to practice law in this state. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 40 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Crime Environmental Executive Branch Gambling and Gaming Indigenous Peoples Legislative Affairs Recreation State Agencies |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 55 | Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Social Issues |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a person's free exercise of religion. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 34 | Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional provision providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 360 | Education Immigration |
Relating to in-state tuition for non-legal residents of Texas and the United States. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 46 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 38 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 44 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 54 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the time that a person may serve as a member of the Texas Legislature. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 65 | Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Social Issues |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the prohibition of government interference with certain speech by religious leaders and students. | 03/03/2015 |
| HJR 37 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 2024 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Housing and Property Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1210 | Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to an exception from penalties for a physician's or health care professional's professional judgment in providing certain abortion services to patients. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 586 | Education Immigration Other |
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 03/03/2015 |
| HB 1270 | Agriculture and Food Crime |
Relating to the authority of the Department of Agriculture to employ and commission peace officers as investigators. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1326 | Other Social Issues |
Relating to designating English as the official language of this state. | 03/05/2015 |
| HCR 37 | Legislative Affairs Other |
Requesting creation of a joint interim committee to study a nonsubstantive reorganization of the Texas Constitution. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 997 | Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to certain duties of employers voluntarily participating in the federal E-Verify program and of the Texas Workforce Commission in regard to the E-Verify program; providing civil penalties. | 03/05/2015 |
| HCR 40 | Legislative Affairs |
Expressing support for the Texas Dream Act and urging other U.S. states to enact similar legislation. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 708 | Health Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to the medical accuracy of informational materials given to a woman seeking an abortion. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 972 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as lobbyists. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 889 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration Labor and Employment Other State Agencies |
Relating to requiring state contractors to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 672 | Health Immigration Other |
Relating to certain information concerning an applicant for certain occupational licenses. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1618 | Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to the period of eligibility for support from the universal service plan for certain providers. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1671 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to defining terms applicable to groups that accept political contributions or make political expenditures. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1617 | Housing and Property Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing certain real property transactions involving the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 881 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Health Other Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to outsourcing a service performed by a health and human services agency to a private commercial contractor. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1619 | Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of and disbursements from the universal service fund for certain small and rural companies. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1602 | Executive Branch Immigration Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Commission on Immigration and Migration and a migrant worker visa pilot project. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1553 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Education Executive Branch Immigration Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to requiring political subdivisions to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program or E-verify. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 693 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the creation of a temporary visitor's driver's license, provisional temporary visitor's driver's license, and temporary visitor's driver's instruction permit; authorizing fees; creating an offense. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1648 | Crime Health Legal Issues Other Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to voluntary and informed consent to an abortion and prevention of coerced abortions; providing penalties; creating an offense. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1535 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to rates of and certificates of convenience and necessity for certain non-ERCOT electric utilities; authorizing a surcharge. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 1522 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Legal Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. | 03/10/2015 |
| HB 2034 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to an exemption from the requirement that a legislative caucus file reports of contributions and expenditures if no reportable activity occurs. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1901 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues Reproductive Issues |
Relating to the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient. | 03/11/2015 |
| HB 1768 | Health Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of the universal service fund to provide Internet service to certain persons with an impairment of hearing. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1976 | Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 2184 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Energy Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases. | 03/12/2015 |
| HB 1982 | Education Housing and Property Public Services Transportation |
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the University of Houston. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1747 | Crime Health |
Relating to the prosecution of entry of a person into a public restroom designated for the opposite sex as disorderly conduct. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2064 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services Technology and Communication Transportation |
Relating to the installation of certain telephone or telegraph corporation facilities on or across public roads, streets, or water. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2058 | Health Legal Issues Other Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to a change of name and vital statistics information. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1787 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the regulation of political contributions and expenditures. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2128 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Judiciary Other |
Relating to the use of information from the lists of noncitizens excused or disqualified from jury service. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 1745 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Executive Branch Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the funding and issuing of marriage licenses and certifications and the recognition of certain marriages. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2289 | Energy Executive Branch Legislative Affairs Other Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the security of the electric grid. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2437 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to the amount of emergency service fees for certain telecommunications providers. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2254 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to certain fees, charges, or credits based on a customer's electricity use in areas where competition has been introduced. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2253 | Energy Legislative Affairs Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a report by the Public Utility Commission of Texas on retail electric service minimum usage fees and usage credits. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2416 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration State Agencies |
Relating to an annual report on the financial impact of undocumented immigrants on the state budget and economy. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 2555 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the definition of marriage in this state and the prohibition against the creation or recognition of a marriage between persons of the same sex or a civil union. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1926 | Commerce Energy Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the operations of a municipally owned utility or municipal power agency; affecting a provision that is subject to criminal penalties; providing authority to issue bonds. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1942 | Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Other Reproductive Issues |
Relating to judicial authority to issue orders allowing minors to consent to abortions and disclosure of that authority. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1771 | Labor and Employment Other State Agencies |
Relating to the donation of sick leave by state employees. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1839 | Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work sites. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1999 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the recommendations made by the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding state agencies reviewed under the Texas Sunset Act. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2561 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the allocation of congestion rents in the ERCOT wholesale market. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2816 | Judiciary Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to legislative and judicial review of state agency rulemaking. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2689 | Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to requirements for a partially deregulated telecommunications cooperative to offer certain services or make changes in its rates or tariffs. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2796 | Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the authority of certain telecommunications providers to commit to making infrastructure and network improvements in exchange for support from the universal service fund; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2650 | Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to regulate any entity that holds itself out as a telephone service provider. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2912 | Education Immigration Other |
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2531 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Reproductive Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the regulation of abortion procedures; providing civil penalties; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2563 | Business and Consumers Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to persons who solicit customers on behalf of a retail electric provider; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2327 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a studies on the rates of electric utilities. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2834 | Business and Consumers Commerce Immigration Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to restrictions in connection with public subsidies and contracts awarded to businesses that employ undocumented workers. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1521 | Family and Children Issues State Agencies |
Relating to state agency authority to establish child-care subsidy programs. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2640 | Crime Health Immigration Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the cost of confinement and imprisonment of persons not lawfully present in the United States and reimbursement from the federal government for that cost. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 2835 | Family and Children Issues Health Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the name of the program serving certain persons with special health care needs and prioritizing services provided under the program. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 1407 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Immigration Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the comparison of any list of the legal status of certain persons who are not citizens to the list of registered voters. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3421 | Business and Consumers Energy Public Services |
Relating to authority of an electric utility customer to choose not to have an advanced meter; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3429 | Executive Branch Science and Medical Research State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of an unmanned aircraft program in the office of the governor. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 614 | Health Legal Issues Other State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to establishing an advance directive registry. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2783 | Family and Children Issues Health Immigration Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of the task force on asylum-seeking children. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3241 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Environmental Health Legal Issues Other State Agencies Technology and Communication Transportation |
Relating to state agency contracting; creating an offense. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3391 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to the election of directors of certain electric cooperatives. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3428 | Housing and Property Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to the temporary continuation of utility service for real property of a decedent. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3288 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to regulation of congestion charges in the electricity market. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3343 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the development of electricity demand response programs. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2511 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Commerce Crime Executive Branch |
Relating to the creation of the human trafficking prevention business partnership. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2661 | Executive Branch Health Immigration Other Public Services |
Relating to the functions of the Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs and the Governor's Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2203 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of the Joint Committee to Review the Sunset Advisory Commission. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2836 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to longevity pay for certain state employees. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2643 | Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to parental leave for certain state employees. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 3374 | Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to information regarding Down syndrome. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 2627 | Business and Consumers Commerce Housing and Property Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to creation of a task force to study the effects of population growth on counties in this state. | 03/17/2015 |
| HB 1714 | Business and Consumers Commerce Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to a report by the comptroller regarding the misclassification of employees. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3439 | Housing and Property Other State Agencies |
Relating to the donation of property from a state agency to an assistance organization or a local governmental entity. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 24 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to political contributions and political expenditures; amending provisions subject to a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 37 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the reporting of certain contributions and political expenditures by certain persons; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2860 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Health Housing and Property Labor and Employment Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression and to the enforcement of that prohibition; creating an offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 1533 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to a restriction on the use of certain political contributions from a single source in the month before an election. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3447 | Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to the minimum standards applicable to an abortion facility. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2351 | Health Legal Issues |
Relating to conflicts of interest and discrimination policies for an ethics or medical committee review of an advance directive. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3414 | Health Judiciary |
Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2801 | Education Legal Issues |
Relating to the use of a bathroom, locker room, or shower facility in a public school. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 22 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; creating a criminal offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2802 | Business and Consumers Commerce Education Other Public Services |
Relating to the use of public bathrooms, locker rooms, and shower facilities; creating a criminal offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3440 | Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to eligibility of certain rural companies for support from the universal service fund. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3495 | Family and Children Issues Health Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to unprofessional conduct by mental health providers who attempt to change the sexual orientation of a child; providing penalties. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3438 | Housing and Property State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the transfer of surplus or salvage state agency property. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3446 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Health Other Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to signs required to be displayed at certain facilities that perform abortions. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3451 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to the election of directors of certain electric cooperatives. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3457 | Energy Environmental Public Services |
Relating to the methods of recovery of stranded environmental compliance costs by certain non-ERCOT electric utilities. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 38 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to the duties of nonprofit corporations regarding certain contributions and the disclosure of information relating to those contributions in certain campaign finance reports. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 1532 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to quarterly reporting of political contributions and expenditures by certain candidates, officeholders, and political committees; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2687 | Crime Other |
Relating to persons who are public servants for purposes of the offenses of official oppression and misuse of official information; creating offenses. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2949 | Health |
Relating to advance directives, including do-not-resuscitate orders; creating a criminal offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 2984 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3309 | Executive Branch Technology and Communication |
Relating to appointment of and performance of notarial acts by an electronic notary public; authorizing a fee and creating a criminal offense. | 03/18/2015 |
| HB 3663 | Housing and Property Legal Issues Public Services |
Relating to the temporary continuation of utility service for real property of a decedent. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3401 | Crime Executive Branch Immigration |
Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3396 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues |
Relating to the reporting requirements for a person who makes direct campaign expenditures. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 1435 | Health Insurance Reproductive Issues |
Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3735 | Federal, State, and Local Relations Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to cooperation with federal agencies on a guest worker program in this state. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 2973 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Executive Branch Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of the contract management division of the Legislative Budget Board. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 2475 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of the center for alternative finance and procurement within the Texas Facilities Commission and to public and private partnerships; authorizing a fee. | 03/19/2015 |
| HCR 73 | Energy Federal, State, and Local Relations Public Services Resolutions |
Urging the United States Congress to provide Department of Homeland Security funds for the protection of the Texas electric grid. | 03/19/2015 |
| HB 3158 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to legislative approval of state agency rules that take effect during the two years preceding a regular legislative session. | 03/23/2015 |
| HCR 83 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to rename the State Insurance Building Annex in the Capitol Complex the John G. Tower State Office Building. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 124 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day the regular legislative session convenes. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3127 | Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of certain telecommunications providers to commit to making infrastructure and network improvements in exchange for support from the universal service fund. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3130 | Health Insurance Reproductive Issues |
Relating to coverage provided by certain health plans and health benefit plans for abortions. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3587 | Education Immigration Other |
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3585 | Transportation |
Relating to identification documents for title and vehicle registration applications. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4100 | Health |
Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3549 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Other State Agencies |
Relating to the review, approval, and monitoring of and reporting on state agency contracts. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3123 | Commerce Crime Education Health Judiciary Labor and Employment Other Recreation State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3183 | Health Reproductive Issues |
Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant patient. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 125 | Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Social Issues |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a person's free exercise of religion. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3602 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Family and Children Issues Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the religious freedom of a conscientious objector to act or fail to act with respect to certain issues of marriage, sexual relations, and gender. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3994 | Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Reproductive Issues State Agencies |
Relating to notice of and consent to an abortion for a minor and associated requirements; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4105 | Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the issuance, enforcement, and recognition of marriage licenses and declarations of informal marriage. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3180 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the canvass of election returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3916 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Energy Public Services |
Relating to water and electric utility services provided to certain federal agencies. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 2924 | Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to information regarding Down syndrome. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3567 | Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4117 | Immigration Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4078 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to the disclosure of information relating to certain contributions in certain campaign finance reports. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3084 | Energy Public Services |
Relating to the recovery of certain expenses by an electric utility in a ratemaking proceeding; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3801 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to protection of the electric power transmission and distribution system. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 4063 | Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the creation of a Texas conditional driver's permit, provisional Texas conditional driver's permit, and Texas conditional instruction permit; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 2582 | Agriculture and Food Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Environmental State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of certain powers and duties related to endangered species from the comptroller to the commissioner of agriculture. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3773 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Other |
Relating to the duties of nonprofit corporations regarding certain contributions and the disclosure of information relating to those contributions in certain campaign finance reports. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3029 | Health Other Recreation Resolutions |
Relating to regulation of the retail sale of fireworks. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3074 | Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the provision of artificially administered nutrition and hydration and life-sustaining treatment. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3890 | Family and Children Issues Senior Issues |
Relating to prohibiting benefits for same-sex spouses under a public retirement system. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 123 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment extending the length of the terms of members of the legislature. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 145 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3207 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property Municipal and County Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to approve certain payments by municipally owned utilities for transmission facilities in lieu of ad valorem taxes. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3765 | Family and Children Issues Health Legal Issues Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to consent to an abortion on a minor. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 126 | Legislative Affairs Reproductive Issues |
Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to life of unborn children and prohibiting abortion to the extent authorized under federal constitutional law. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3584 | Immigration Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to the verification of employment authorization by governmental entities, state contractors, and state grant recipients, including the use of the federal E-verify program. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 3171 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to repealing civil asset forfeiture provisions and establishing criminal asset forfeiture in this state. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3197 | Education Health |
Relating to naming the main administrative building on the campus of the Texas Tech University Sciences Center in Amarillo in honor of Texas Senator Teel Bivins. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 1797 | Health Insurance Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to coverage for certain individuals under certain health benefit plans offered to governmental employees. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3882 | Agriculture and Food Education State Agencies |
Relating to savings of costs or reduction of state liability in the operation of various state programs. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3232 | Relating to the continuation of agencies and advisory committees reviewed under the Texas Sunset Act. | 03/24/2015 | |
| HB 3221 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes State Agencies |
Relating to mandating a study by the state comptroller on procurement consolidation of all state agencies in state government. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4089 | Health State Agencies |
Relating to a pilot project for complaints filed with certain state boards or agencies. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3950 | Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations granted by federal executive action. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4076 | Immigration Labor and Employment |
Relating to the recognition of certain employment authorizations granted by federal executive action. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3753 | Education Health Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to telecommunications service discounts for educational institutions, libraries, hospitals, and telemedicine centers. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4043 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Military Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the establishment of an unmanned ground vehicle pilot program at the Capitol Complex to employ veterans with a service-connected disability. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3978 | Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to limitations on training and education for state agency administrators and employees. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3804 | Health State Agencies |
Relating to the regulation of certain health organizations certified by the Texas Medical Board; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 3840 | Transportation |
Relating to training on, issuance of, and use of limited term driver's licenses. | 03/24/2015 |
| HJR 119 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs Municipal and County Issues |
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. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4075 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the reporting requirements for a person who makes direct campaign expenditures. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 4022 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Housing and Property Labor and Employment Military Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues |
Relating to the prohibition of housing discrimination and to the enforcement of that prohibition; creating an offense. | 03/24/2015 |
| HB 1006 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce State Agencies |
Relating to the preference given by state agencies to goods offered by bidders in this state or manufactured, produced, or grown in this state or in the United States. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 3448 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Ethics Commission; creating a criminal offense. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 1007 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Crime Housing and Property Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the purchase of iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States for certain state, state-aided, and governmental entity construction projects. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 1748 | Crime Health |
Relating to the use of public locker rooms, shower facilities, and toilet facilities; creating a criminal offense. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 3301 | Health Immigration Other Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the recognition of state citizenship and the issuance of state identification cards, driver's licenses, and occupational licenses to state residents regardless of their immigration status. | 03/27/2015 |
| HB 3010 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Health Labor and Employment Military Other State Agencies |
Relating to the consideration of ownership interests of certain persons with disabilities in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting. | 03/27/2015 |
| HR 1843 | Legislative Affairs |
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. | 04/13/2015 |
| SB 20 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Education Environmental Health Other State Agencies Technology and Communication Transportation |
Relating to state agency contracting. | 04/15/2015 |
| SB 804 | Public Services Technology and Communication |
Relating to the period of eligibility for support from the universal service plan for certain providers. | 04/23/2015 |
| SB 1032 | Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to authority for certain state employees to work flexible hours and to work from home or other authorized alternative work sites. | 04/23/2015 |
| SB 774 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to studies on the rates of electric utilities. | 04/23/2015 |
| SB 932 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to retain assistance for federal proceedings affecting certain electric utilities and consumers. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 734 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the setting of annual interest rates for utility deposits by the Public Utility Commission of Texas. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 933 | Commerce Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to review transmission interconnections that enable imports or exports from the ERCOT power grid. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 776 | Energy Municipal and County Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the operations of a municipally owned utility or municipal power agency; providing authority to issue bonds. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1296 | Legal Issues |
Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 83rd Legislature to other Acts of that legislature. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 217 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Housing and Property Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 1465 | Executive Branch Public Services |
Relating to creating limited purpose disaster declaration authority for the governor and a search and rescue task force in each disaster field response region. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 913 | Education Energy Environmental Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to energy and water management planning and reporting requirements for state agencies and institutions of higher education. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 35 | State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the acknowledgment by management of risks identified in state agency information security plans. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 777 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to restrict participation in the retail electric market for significant violations. | 05/04/2015 |
| SB 668 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the adoption of a training manual for certain state officers. | 05/04/2015 |
| HCR 107 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Legislative Affairs Other |
Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 931 | Energy Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the goal for renewable energy and competitive renewable energy zones. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 2054 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to the State Orphans Home Alumni Association. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1105 | Crime Insurance Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to fire inspections by the state fire marshal for state-owned and state-leased buildings. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 19 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legal Issues Legislative Affairs Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the ethics of public officers and employees, the disclosure of certain political contributions, and related requirements and procedures; creating criminal offenses. | 05/05/2015 |
| HR 2505 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Condemning anti-Semitism and expressing opposition to the international Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. | 05/08/2015 |
| SJR 52 | Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies |
Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 1330 | Crime Executive Branch Labor and Employment Public Services |
Relating to injury leave for certain peace officers. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 575 | Health Insurance Reproductive Issues |
Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. | 05/11/2015 |
| SB 1781 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the euthanasia of animals in animal shelters located in certain counties. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 1252 | Crime Executive Branch Immigration State Agencies |
Relating to an interstate compact on border security and immigration enforcement. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 374 | Immigration Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to requiring state agencies to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify. | 05/12/2015 |
| SB 2065 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Family and Children Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the rights of certain religious organizations and individuals relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1984 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch |
Relating to the canvass of election returns for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor. | 05/14/2015 |
| SJR 66 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day preceding the day the regular legislative session convenes. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1708 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the creation of a governor's program for victims of child sex trafficking. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 838 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Executive Branch Health Immigration Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the functions of the Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs, the Governor's Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees, and the use of the state's disaster contingency fund for purposes related to immigration and refugees. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 2048 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues Social Issues State Agencies |
Relating to a privilege from disclosure to governmental units for certain evidence concerning sermons delivered by a religious leader. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 62 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Immigration State Agencies |
Relating to accounting for costs incurred by this state as a result of the presence of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States. | 05/14/2015 |
| SB 1968 | Crime Health Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the organization of public employees. | 05/15/2015 |
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