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State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select
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Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 98 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the Texas Balance of Powers Act. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 176 | Guns |
Relating to protection of the right to keep and bear arms within the State of Texas. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 165 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas Liberty Preservation Act; creating criminal offenses; providing criminal penalties. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 422 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the enforcement of certain federal laws regulating firearms, firearm accessories, and firearm ammunition within the State of Texas. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 413 | Guns |
Relating to protection of the right to keep and bear arms within the State of Texas. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 421 | Business and Consumers Commerce Guns |
Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation. | 02/16/2015 |
| HB 799 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
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. | 02/23/2015 |
| HJR 78 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 02/26/2015 |
| HJR 79 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 02/26/2015 |
| HCR 54 | Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
Memorializing Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a "Regulation Freedom Amendment" to the U.S. Constitution. | 03/02/2015 |
| HCR 59 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to provide for a balanced federal budget, except during a war. | 03/02/2015 |
| HB 1110 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. | 03/02/2015 |
| HCR 31 | Legislative Affairs Other |
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. | 03/02/2015 |
| HJR 77 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HCR 61 | Immigration Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
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. | 03/03/2015 |
| HCR 36 | Family and Children Issues Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | 03/04/2015 |
| HCR 32 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | 03/04/2015 |
| HCR 29 | Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
Declaring that presidential executive orders cannot interfere with states' rights. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1065 | Education Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the Interstate Primary and Secondary Public Education Compact. | 03/04/2015 |
| HCR 27 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Resolutions |
Urging the U.S. Congress to abolish the current income-based system of taxation and to enact a national retail sales tax, and urging repeal of the Sixteenth Amendment. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1109 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs |
Relating to the adoption of the Compact for a Balanced Budget. | 03/04/2015 |
| HCR 26 | Resolutions |
Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. | 03/05/2015 |
| HCR 49 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 03/05/2015 |
| HR 704 | Public Services Resolutions |
Urging the federal government to return title to all federal public lands within the western states to the states where the land is located. | 03/09/2015 |
| HB 1751 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Labor and Employment Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the execution or enforcement of federal laws that violate the Bill of Rights of the Texas Constitution. | 03/13/2015 |
| HB 3606 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Campaign Finance and Election Issues Executive Branch Legislative Affairs Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to reporting requirements for receipt or expenditure of federal funds by political subdivisions that receive federal funds. | 03/19/2015 |
| HCR 67 | Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
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. | 03/19/2015 |
| HCR 89 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to repeal the health insurance tax. | 03/19/2015 |
| HCR 82 | Business and Consumers Legislative Affairs Public Services Resolutions |
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 144 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 03/23/2015 |
| HJR 146 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Applying to Congress to call a convention, to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution urging the restoration of free and fair elections. | 03/23/2015 |
| HCR 91 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 04/02/2015 |
| HR 1835 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Expressing support for the implementation of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. | 04/13/2015 |
| HR 1508 | Agriculture and Food Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 04/13/2015 |
| HCR 109 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. | 04/13/2015 |
| HR 1605 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 04/13/2015 |
| HCR 112 | Environmental Legislative Affairs Public Services Resolutions |
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. | 04/17/2015 |
| HCR 113 | Resolutions |
Urging the United States Congress to direct the Bureau of Land Management to affirm the provisions of the Red River Boundary Compact and acknowledge that the vegetation line on the south bank of the Red River forms the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas. | 04/27/2015 |
| SCR 1 | Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
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. | 04/30/2015 |
| HCR 117 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging the United States Congress to pass the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act. | 05/08/2015 |
| HCR 120 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
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. | 05/11/2015 |
| SCR 5 | Immigration Legislative Affairs Other Resolutions |
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. | 05/11/2015 |
| SCR 37 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging Congress to encourage the Department of Defense to relocate the United States Africa Command to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base in Houston. | 05/11/2015 |
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