The 84th legislative session ended on June 1, 2015. See the bills that have become law.

Referred bills

Bill Category Caption Date Referred to Committee
HB 126 Health
Labor and Employment
Transportation
Relating to parking placards for vehicles of persons with disabilities. 02/09/2015
HB 141 Education
Health
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating an offense and providing penalties. 02/09/2015
HB 64 Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating an offense; providing penalties. 02/09/2015
HB 80 Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense; modifying existing criminal penalties. 02/09/2015
HB 166 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of a safety belt exemption placard. 02/09/2015
HB 75 Agriculture and Food
Transportation
Relating to the exemption from vehicle registration for certain farm vehicles owned by a farmers' cooperative society or marketing association. 02/09/2015
HB 142 Transportation
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a local authority to impose a civil penalty for certain violations recorded by an automated traffic control system or a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. 02/09/2015
HB 169 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Transportation
Relating to requiring that members of the governing board of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities be elected. 02/09/2015
HB 199 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Housing and Property
Labor and Employment
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for certain county officials. 02/10/2015
HB 219 Transportation
Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway. 02/10/2015
HB 214 Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating an offense; providing penalties. 02/10/2015
HB 293 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 16 in Young County as the Texas Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans Memorial Highway. 02/11/2015
HB 315 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Military
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of "In God We Trust" specialty license plates. 02/11/2015
HB 441 Transportation
Relating to the use of a court order as an occupational license. 02/11/2015
HB 457 Environmental
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the use of money in the Texas emissions reduction plan fund for rail projects. 02/11/2015
HB 385 Transportation
Relating to the requirement for a dealer general distinguishing number for private sales of an automobile. 02/12/2015
HB 383 Other
Transportation
Relating to unprotected road users; providing penalties; creating an offense. 02/12/2015
HB 463 Transportation
Relating to the ability to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on a state highway right-of-way. 02/12/2015
HB 481 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 1301 in Wharton County as the Master Sergeant Mike C. Pea Memorial Highway. 02/12/2015
HB 471 Other
Transportation
Relating to safety equipment requirements for certain cyclists; changing the elements of an offense. 02/12/2015
HB 397 Health
Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the use of fireworks at certain Texas Department of Transportation rest areas; providing a penalty. 02/16/2015
HB 533 Business and Consumers
Crime
Health
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the impoundment of a motor vehicle operated without financial responsibility and involved in an accident or traffic violation; authorizing a fee. 02/16/2015
HB 527 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to requiring certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities to hold a referendum before spending any money for a fixed rail transit system. 02/16/2015
HB 499 Transportation
Relating to the public transportation advisory committee. 02/16/2015
HB 392 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to authorizing an optional county fee for vehicle registration to fund certain transportation projects. 02/16/2015
HB 509 Education
Transportation
Relating to the process for establishing speed limits on roads near certain schools. 02/16/2015
HB 393 Transportation
Relating to the registration fee for motor vehicles with a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or less. 02/16/2015
HB 529 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the composition of the Texas Transportation Commission and the selection of members of that commission. 02/16/2015
HB 565 Housing and Property
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to powers of private toll project entities. 02/18/2015
HB 572 Legislative Affairs
Transportation
Relating to the sunset review of regional tollway authorities. 02/18/2015
HB 401 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to certain fees deposited to the credit of the state highway fund; increasing motor vehicle registration fees. 02/18/2015
HB 203 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of revenue derived from the taxes imposed on the sale, storage, or use of new and used motor vehicle tires and parts to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. 02/18/2015
HB 122 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the Texas Mobility Fund. 02/18/2015
HB 528 Legislative Affairs
Transportation
Relating to the sunset review of regional mobility authorities. 02/19/2015
HB 594 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to toll rates for certain vehicles traveling on State Highway 130. 02/19/2015
HB 636 Agriculture and Food
Transportation
Relating to the fines for the operation of overweight vehicles transporting agricultural products. 02/19/2015
HB 598 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County as the Bob Luman Memorial Highway. 02/19/2015
HB 663 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 207 in Armstrong County as the William Hamblen Memorial Highway. 02/19/2015
HB 349 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Howard County as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway. 02/23/2015
HB 830 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Alamo specialty license plates. 02/23/2015
HB 792 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for antique buses. 02/23/2015
HB 823 Other
Transportation
Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty. 02/23/2015
HB 740 Other
Transportation
Relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system signs. 02/23/2015
HB 790 Environmental
Transportation
Relating to a study on the implementation and effectiveness of sound mitigation measures on certain highways. 02/23/2015
HB 780 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 73 as the Texas Game Warden Michael C. Pauling Memorial Highway. 02/23/2015
HB 813 Transportation
Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles during periods of traffic congestion. 02/23/2015
HB 734 Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway. 02/23/2015
HB 735 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Energy
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the collection of information regarding the number of alternatively fueled vehicles registered in this state. 02/23/2015
HB 745 Education
Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the installation of solar-powered stop signs by a property owners' association. 02/23/2015
HB 691 Commerce
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty. 02/23/2015
HB 936 Transportation
Relating to the operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle. 02/25/2015
HB 439 Transportation
Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle; clarifying the vehicles that may be operated under certain licenses; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 02/25/2015
HB 624 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Environmental
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the deposit of certain amounts to the credit of the Texas emissions reduction plan fund. 02/26/2015
HB 933 Legal Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the testing of autonomous motor vehicles; creating a border security pilot program. 02/26/2015
HB 1044 Military
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 423 in Denton County as the U.S. Army Sergeant Enrique Mondragon Memorial Highway. 03/02/2015
HB 955 Family and Children Issues
Transportation
Relating to the creation of an offense for failing to secure certain children in a rear-facing child passenger safety seat system. 03/02/2015
HB 1119 Education
Other
Transportation
Relating to a study assessing the statewide need for the replacement of mile markers on certain highways. 03/02/2015
HB 1107 Crime
Transportation
Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety violations; creating a criminal offense. 03/02/2015
HB 1045 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 624 in McMullen County as the Game Warden James E. Daughtrey Memorial Highway. 03/02/2015
HB 1034 Transportation
Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. 03/02/2015
HB 978 Transportation
Relating to the designation of the Route 66 Historic Corridor. 03/02/2015
HB 864 Transportation
Relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain traffic control signals. 03/02/2015
HB 1136 Health
Labor and Employment
Other
Senior Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the creation of the Transportation Safety and Access Advisory Committee. 03/02/2015
HB 880 Business and Consumers
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to creating a disadvantaged business assistance program to be operated by the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/02/2015
HB 1130 Business and Consumers
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the removal of a disabled vehicle from a roadway or right-of-way. 03/02/2015
HB 1131 Transportation
Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. 03/02/2015
HB 1121 Education
Transportation
Relating to a study on the implementation of a traffic light synchronization program. 03/02/2015
HB 1280 Transportation
Relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate Highway 35 in La Salle County as the Leodoro Martinez Jr. Rest Areas. 03/03/2015
HB 1238 Other
Transportation
Relating to requirements for construction and maintenance work zones; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 03/03/2015
HB 1004 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road corporations. 03/03/2015
HB 1230 Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the operation of an overweight vehicle. 03/03/2015
HB 1252 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to uniform weighing procedures requirements for motor vehicle weight enforcement officers. 03/03/2015
HB 1183 Legislative Affairs
Transportation
Relating to the authority of certain entities to enter into a comprehensive development agreement. 03/03/2015
HB 1165 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the disposition of administrative penalties and fines collected for violations of certain laws involving the operation of an overweight vehicle. 03/03/2015
HB 1031 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Environmental
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to funding for certain roadway projects intended to improve or maintain air quality. 03/04/2015
HB 1317 Health
Labor and Employment
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to a report on laws, standards, and policies regarding parking for persons with disabilities to be prepared by the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. 03/05/2015
HB 1297 Other
Transportation
Relating to the transportation of unsecured objects by a vehicle; creating an offense. 03/05/2015
HB 1321 Commerce
Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. 03/05/2015
HB 1324 Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the establishment and operation of a motor-bus-only lane pilot program in certain counties. 03/05/2015
HB 1350 Transportation
Relating to a limitation on the amount of tolls and other charges that may be imposed by toll project entities for the use of toll projects. 03/05/2015
HB 1352 Education
Health
Other
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating an offense and providing penalties. 03/05/2015
HB 1652 Transportation
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund. 03/09/2015
HB 1605 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of the Texas Airport Directory; eliminating a fee. 03/09/2015
HB 1637 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Energy
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the use of certain money deposited to the state highway fund for transportation projects in energy-producing regions of this state. 03/09/2015
HB 1578 Health
Insurance
Other
Transportation
Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report. 03/09/2015
HB 1567 Transportation
Relating to the offense of driving while license invalid. 03/09/2015
HB 1650 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the legislative appropriations request process for the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/09/2015
HB 1394 Executive Branch
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the composition, governance, and authority of a regional tollway authority that has or proposes to have projects located in counties that are not part of the authority. 03/09/2015
HB 1631 Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities and counties. 03/09/2015
HB 1356 Business and Consumers
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the sale or rental of certain motor vehicle tires; creating a criminal offense. 03/09/2015
HB 1368 Energy
Legal Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to annual permits to move certain equipment; authorizing a fee. 03/09/2015
HB 1360 Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from registration fees. 03/09/2015
HB 1432 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Immigration
Other
Transportation
Relating to optional fees on registration of vehicles in certain counties to fund transportation projects; authorizing a fee. 03/09/2015
HB 1526 Transportation
Relating to the construction of detention ponds by the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/10/2015
HB 1863 Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to landscape control along interstate and state highway rights-of-way; imposing a criminal penalty. 03/11/2015
HB 1876 Transportation
Relating to providing notification to certain legislators and county judges of certain applications or notices for an electric railway project. 03/11/2015
HB 1907 Business and Consumers
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the navigability of the Red River for commercial purposes. 03/11/2015
HB 1854 Health
Immigration
Other
Transportation
Relating to documentation verifying that the interior of certain commercial motor vehicles was cleaned before loading cargo into the vehicles. 03/11/2015
HB 1889 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the authorization of the construction of an electric railway on or across a street, alley, square, or property of a county or municipality. 03/11/2015
HB 1836 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain sales tax revenue to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. 03/12/2015
HB 2181 Transportation
Relating to designating the Interstate Highway 45 causeway to Galveston the George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway. 03/12/2015
HB 1755 Transportation
Relating to the designation of Loop 567 in Granbury as the Deputy Sergeant Lance McLean Memorial Highway. 03/12/2015
HB 1941 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of the structure on Interstate Highway 35 East crossing Lewisville Lake in Denton County as the Commissioner Bobbie J. Mitchell Bridge. 03/12/2015
HB 1969 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways. 03/12/2015
HB 1957 Environmental
Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the definition of urban transit district. 03/12/2015
HB 1944 Housing and Property
Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to coordinated county transportation authorities. 03/12/2015
HB 1968 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility authority. 03/12/2015
HB 1837 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to approval of the study of, design for, and construction of a proposed toll project by the commissioners court of the county in which the toll project is to be located. 03/12/2015
HB 1835 Transportation
Relating to a prohibition on converting certain segments or lanes of a state highway to toll projects or managed lanes. 03/12/2015
HB 1834 Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the operation of toll projects. 03/12/2015
HB 1833 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to agreements of certain counties to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate a toll bridge. 03/12/2015
HB 1963 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 87 as the Texas Game Warden Michael C. Pauling Memorial Highway. 03/12/2015
HB 1710 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Transportation
Relating to an election to repeal a photographic traffic signal enforcement system ordinance. 03/12/2015
HB 1722 Commerce
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty. 03/12/2015
HB 1741 Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. 03/12/2015
HB 20 Commerce
Executive Branch
Legislative Affairs
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the operations of and transportation planning and expenditures by the Texas Department of Transportation and planning organizations. 03/12/2015
HB 1738 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the release of certain restrictions on the use of certain highway rights-of-way transferred to a municipality from the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/12/2015
HB 1734 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the cessation of tolls by toll project entities in certain circumstances. 03/12/2015
HB 2121 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the repeal of obsolete laws governing county road systems in certain counties. 03/13/2015
HB 2115 Transportation
Relating to the initial inspection period for motor vehicles purchased by certain commercial fleet buyers. 03/13/2015
HB 2442 Transportation
Relating to allowing a person to register a motor vehicle when delinquent in the payment of certain civil penalties. 03/13/2015
HB 2085 Transportation
Relating to the administration and oversight of overweight corridors; authorizing a fee. 03/13/2015
HB 2044 Commerce
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the setback requirements for a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard. 03/13/2015
HB 2106 Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device to send a text-based communication while operating a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense. 03/13/2015
HB 2347 Transportation
Relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain traffic control signals. 03/13/2015
HB 2436 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to passenger security screening. 03/13/2015
HB 2459 Crime
Transportation
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of an unprotected road user; creating a criminal offense. 03/13/2015
HB 2406 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the study of certain municipal transit systems by the Texas Transportation Institute. 03/13/2015
HB 2265 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 154 in Wood and Hopkins Counties as the Sgt. Tanner Stone Higgins Memorial Highway. 03/13/2015
HB 2229 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Other
Transportation
Relating to the creation of regional transit authorities; granting the power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds and charge fees. 03/13/2015
HB 2620 Other
Transportation
Relating to disclosure of financial studies and reports associated with a toll project. 03/16/2015
HB 2554 Transportation
Relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk. 03/16/2015
HB 2781 Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of traffic laws by local authorities. 03/16/2015
HB 1913 Other
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to public meetings of joint airport boards. 03/16/2015
HB 1814 Military
Public Services
State Agencies
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the online renewal of driver's licenses of certain active duty military personnel and relatives. 03/16/2015
HB 2779 Transportation
Relating to the authority of a local government to impose a civil penalty for certain failures to obey a traffic-control signal. 03/16/2015
HB 2516 Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the certification of municipal police officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards. 03/16/2015
HB 2611 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to repayment of money contributed by the Texas Department of Transportation or the Texas Transportation Commission for toll projects. 03/16/2015
HB 2540 Crime
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the designation of Spur 63 in Gregg County as the Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott Memorial Highway. 03/16/2015
HB 2549 Transportation
Relating to the authority and operation of regional tollway authorities. 03/16/2015
HB 2736 Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to prohibiting the temporary closure of segments of the state highway system on days that certain scheduled events are being held. 03/16/2015
HB 2619 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by a toll project entity. 03/16/2015
HB 2756 Senior Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Special Olympics Texas fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a motor vehicle registration. 03/16/2015
HB 2312 Crime
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 37 as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway. 03/16/2015
HB 2915 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the transfer of certain general revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. 03/16/2015
HB 2702 Other
Transportation
Relating to an alternative composition of a board of directors of a regional mobility authority. 03/16/2015
HB 2714 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits and the operation of commercial motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. 03/16/2015
HB 2601 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a metropolitan planning organization policy board. 03/16/2015
HB 2764 Labor and Employment
Transportation
Relating to requiring certain regional transportation authority subregional boards to establish a labor advisory committee. 03/16/2015
HB 2324 Transportation
Relating to the designation of certain rest areas on Interstate Highway 27 in Hale County as the James E. "Pete" and Nelda Laney Safety Stops. 03/16/2015
HB 2606 Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to the movement of oil well servicing and drilling machinery on public highways; authorizing a fee. 03/16/2015
HB 2612 Transportation
Relating to a report to the legislature regarding the elimination of toll roads. 03/16/2015
HB 2861 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to an optional procedure for the issuance of a permit by the City of Laredo for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles carrying cargo in Webb County; authorizing a fee. 03/16/2015
HB 2577 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility authority. 03/16/2015
HB 2946 Transportation
Relating to certain laws governing the intersections of railroad tracks and public roadways. 03/16/2015
HB 2857 Crime
Health
Labor and Employment
Transportation
Relating to parking privileges for people with disabilities; authorizing a fee; amending dismissal procedures for a criminal offense. 03/16/2015
HB 13 Commerce
Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to categories of and funding allocation for transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation and local transportation entities. 03/16/2015
HB 2722 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Health
Transportation
Relating to prohibition of the operation and sale of certain motor vehicles resembling authorized emergency vehicles; creating a criminal offense. 03/16/2015
HB 2708 Education
Relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education course. 03/16/2015
HB 2818 Transportation
Relating to the designation of portions of State Highway 17 and United States Highway 67 as the Alfred Q. Valenzuela Memorial Highway. 03/16/2015
HB 2884 Transportation
Relating to suspending a vehicle registration for the failure to establish financial responsibility; imposing penalties. 03/16/2015
HB 2957 Transportation
Relating to motorcycle footrest and handhold requirements; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 03/16/2015
HB 2575 Family and Children Issues
Health
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to increasing awareness of the danger of leaving a child in a motor vehicle. 03/16/2015
HB 2592 Other
Transportation
Relating to the operation of ready-mixed concrete trucks on public roadways in this state; modifying provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 03/16/2015
HB 2574 Family and Children Issues
Health
Reproductive Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to increasing awareness of the danger of heatstroke for a child left unattended in a motor vehicle. 03/16/2015
HB 2701 Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety; creating and modifying criminal offenses; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; imposing, authorizing, and increasing fees. 03/16/2015
HB 2633 Health
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the release of a motor vehicle accident report. 03/16/2015
HB 2975 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to speed limits; amending provisions subject to a general criminal penalty. 03/16/2015
HB 3329 Transportation
Relating to turning a motor vehicle in an intersection; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. 03/17/2015
HB 3360 Transportation
Relating to the revocation of an organization's adoption of a section of the state highway system. 03/17/2015
HB 3371 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Energy
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of grants from the transportation infrastructure fund. 03/17/2015
HB 3423 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Crime
Transportation
Relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a vehicle registration fee. 03/17/2015
HB 3314 Environmental
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the authority of the Texas Transportation Commission to fund projects related to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. 03/17/2015
HB 3302 Other
Transportation
Relating to highway landscaping projects. 03/17/2015
HB 3283 Health
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift registry; authorizing a fee. 03/17/2015
HB 3350 Agriculture and Food
Transportation
Relating to an exemption from length limitations for certain vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport harvest machines. 03/17/2015
HB 2905 Executive Branch
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Texas Medical Center specialty license plates. 03/17/2015
HB 2194 Transportation
Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. 03/17/2015
HJR 118 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the transfer of certain general revenue to the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund. 03/17/2015
HB 3418 Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to intermunicipal commuter rail districts. 03/17/2015
HJR 27 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
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. 03/18/2015
HJR 48 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
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. 03/18/2015
HB 3520 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the disposition of permit fees for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles on certain highways. 03/18/2015
HB 2440 Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to transportation network companies; imposing and authorizing fees; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a civil penalty. 03/18/2015
HJR 13 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment temporarily dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax to the state highway fund. 03/18/2015
HB 2864 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of certificates of self-insurance. 03/18/2015
HB 1622 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain revenue derived from the state gasoline tax. 03/18/2015
HB 399 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Executive Branch
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to taxes wholly or partly deposited to the credit of the state highway fund; increasing the rates of the gasoline and diesel fuel taxes and authorizing the increase or decrease of those rates in subsequent years. 03/18/2015
HB 129 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the allocation to the state highway fund of revenue from the taxes imposed on the sale, rental, or use of motor vehicles and other taxes imposed on motor vehicles. 03/18/2015
HB 1954 Transportation
Relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger transportation services by certain airport governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. 03/18/2015
HJR 36 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Legislative Affairs
Transportation
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. 03/18/2015
HB 469 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain motor vehicle sales tax revenue to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. 03/18/2015
HB 202 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax revenue to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. 03/18/2015
HB 373 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Relating to the allocation of certain revenue from the taxes imposed on the sale, rental, or use of motor vehicles to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. 03/18/2015
HB 3491 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to asset management agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/18/2015
HJR 53 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale of motor vehicles to the state highway fund. 03/18/2015
HB 1081 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain motor vehicle sales tax revenue to the state highway fund. 03/18/2015
HJR 29 Crime
Legislative Affairs
Transportation
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. 03/18/2015
HB 2686 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the provision and use of certain transportation funding, including the allocation of certain revenue from the taxes imposed on the sale or use of motor vehicles. 03/18/2015
HB 3485 Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the addition of certain municipalities to the territory of a regional transportation authority. 03/18/2015
HB 3265 Business and Consumers
Other
Transportation
Relating to the licensing and regulation of tow truck companies, tow trucks, tow truck operators, vehicle storage facilities, vehicle storage facility employees, booting companies, and booting operators. 03/18/2015
HB 1370 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain motor vehicle sales tax revenue to the state highway fund and to the uses of that revenue. 03/18/2015
HJR 28 Crime
Legislative Affairs
Transportation
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. 03/18/2015
HB 3674 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Texas Department of Transportation to other toll project entities. 03/19/2015
HB 3690 Transportation
Relating to the operation of autonomous motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/19/2015
HB 3627 Social Issues
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to a requirement that certain persons convicted of the offense of using a wireless communications device while operating a motor vehicle, motorcycle, or moped be allowed to perform community service. 03/19/2015
HB 3673 Environmental
Transportation
Relating to land use requirements for certain toll projects. 03/19/2015
HB 3593 Other
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the online access to open board meetings of metropolitan planning organizations. 03/19/2015
HB 3610 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Texas Juneteenth specialty license plates. 03/19/2015
HB 3591 Transportation
Relating to the allocation and use of certain funds for public transportation projects. 03/19/2015
HB 3714 Municipal and County Issues
Recreation
Transportation
Relating to the operation of a golf cart or utility vehicle on a public highway in certain counties. 03/19/2015
HB 3648 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Environmental
Other
Transportation
Relating to motor vehicle registration and safety inspections; repealing certain fees and increasing certain fees. 03/19/2015
HB 3722 Commerce
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles. 03/19/2015
HB 3556 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the development of the Interstate Highway 635 East project in Dallas County. 03/20/2015
HB 3814 Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the control of access to state highways by the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/23/2015
HB 3179 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to a study by the Texas Department of Transportation of the alignment for the proposed Regional Outer Loop project in certain counties. 03/23/2015
HB 3236 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the extension of the portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County designated as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway. 03/23/2015
HB 3228 Transportation
Relating to the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. 03/23/2015
HB 3817 Transportation
Relating to the photographic enforcement of traffic laws. 03/23/2015
HB 3634 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a local tax on the sale of certain motor fuel and to the use of the tax revenue by the municipality; authorizing penalties. 03/23/2015
HB 3794 Health
Labor and Employment
State Agencies
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the availability of information regarding the eligibility of persons with disabilities to use certain public transportation services. 03/23/2015
HB 3783 Health
Transportation
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of obstructing a street, railroad crossing, or public highway. 03/23/2015
HB 3666 Health
Other
Transportation
Relating to the withdrawal of the territory of certain emergency services districts from the territory of a metropolitan rapid transit authority. 03/23/2015
HB 4025 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Energy
Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to funding to counties for transportation infrastructure projects located in areas of the state affected by increased oil and gas production, including money from county energy transportation reinvestment zones. 03/23/2015
HB 3907 Transportation
Relating to the use of hazard warning lamps to warn approaching vehicles of stopped traffic. 03/23/2015
HB 3103 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the registration and operation of golf carts and utility vehicles; authorizing a fee; amending and adding provisions subject to a general criminal penalty. 03/23/2015
HB 3796 Health
Labor and Employment
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to notice provided to persons with disabilities regarding the eligibility of persons with disabilities to use certain public transportation services. 03/23/2015
HB 3899 Transportation
Relating to comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/23/2015
HB 3114 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the audit and review of regional mobility authorities. 03/23/2015
HB 3825 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Energy
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of a portion of certain severance tax revenue to the transportation infrastructure fund. 03/23/2015
HB 3151 Commerce
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the powers and duties of the board of pilot commissioners for certain ports. 03/23/2015
HB 3108 Transportation
Relating to the collection of unpaid tolls. 03/23/2015
HB 3109 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the requirements for request for proposals for design-build contracts for highway projects and the scope of and limitation on design-build contracts. 03/23/2015
HB 3050 Transportation
Relating to the modification of a motor vehicle to emit soot, smoke, or other particulate matter; creating an offense; imposing an administrative penalty. 03/23/2015
HB 3224 Health
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the release of certain information relating to motor vehicle accidents. 03/23/2015
HB 3862 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Other
Transportation
Relating to the use of money in the motorcycle education fund account for certain motorcycle safety programs. 03/23/2015
HB 3129 Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting milk; authorizing a fee. 03/23/2015
HB 3144 Other
Transportation
Relating to expanding the memorial sign program for motorcyclists to include bicyclists. 03/23/2015
HB 3225 Transportation
Relating to lane restrictions for certain motor vehicles in highway construction or maintenance work zones. 03/23/2015
HB 3020 Education
Family and Children Issues
Health
Transportation
Relating to the offense of passing a school bus; increasing a fine. 03/23/2015
HB 3758 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the assessment and disposition of charges for registering a motor vehicle that has been operated while improperly registered. 03/23/2015
HB 4099 Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of K9s4COPs specialty license plates. 03/23/2015
HB 3745 Transportation
Relating to railroad crew requirements; providing a civil penalty. 03/23/2015
HB 4082 Transportation
Relating to license plates for certain vehicles used to provide passenger transportation services for compensation; creating a criminal offense. 03/23/2015
HB 3777 Other
Transportation
Relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional transportation authorities. 03/23/2015
HB 3045 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 69 in Jefferson County as the Allan B. Ritter Highway. 03/23/2015
HB 3725 Transportation
Relating to the operation of toll projects. 03/24/2015
HB 4115 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. 03/24/2015
HJR 24 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
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. 03/24/2015
HB 3868 Arts and Humanities
Transportation
Relating to the designation of Westside Drive in El Paso County as the Don Juan de Onate Trail. 03/24/2015
HJR 91 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from the tax imposed on the sale of motor vehicles to the state highway fund. 03/24/2015
HJR 109 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Housing and Property
Legislative Affairs
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
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. 03/24/2015
HB 3763 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain increases in state sales tax revenue due to transportation projects to the state highway fund through the use of economic impact zones established by the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/24/2015
HB 3098 Business and Consumers
Other
Transportation
Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from towing regulations. 03/24/2015
HB 4004 Health
Labor and Employment
Other
Transportation
Relating to certain holders of independent mobility vehicle dealer's licenses. 03/25/2015
HB 1838 Transportation
Relating to the provision of a plan regarding the elimination of toll roads. 03/27/2015
HB 4135 Business and Consumers
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to requiring the Port of Houston Authority to comply with historically underutilized business provisions. 04/15/2015
SB 5 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the allocation to the state highway fund and the available school fund of certain motor vehicle sales, use, and rental tax revenue and to the uses of the revenue allocated to the state highway fund. 04/15/2015
SJR 5 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
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. 04/15/2015
HB 4194 Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the ownership and operation of autonomous motor vehicles in LaSalle Municipal Utility District Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. 04/17/2015
SB 489 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 87 in Howard County as the William B. Crooker Memorial Highway. 04/17/2015
SB 415 Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of Farm-to-Market Road 685 in Travis County as the Deputy Jessica Hollis Memorial Highway. 04/23/2015
SB 679 Other
Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to public meetings of joint airport boards. 04/23/2015
SB 57 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Legal Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to information collected by a regional tollway authority, regional mobility authority, regional transportation authority, metropolitan rapid transit authority, or coordinated county transportation authority. 04/23/2015
SB 45 Crime
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 37 as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway. 04/27/2015
SB 227 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of Farm-to-Market Road 624 in McMullen County as the Game Warden James E. Daughtrey Memorial Highway. 04/27/2015
SB 288 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 16 in Young County as the Texas Game Warden Joseph Marshall Evans Memorial Highway. 04/27/2015
SB 562 Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to annual permits to move certain equipment; authorizing a fee. 04/27/2015
SB 742 Executive Branch
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Texas Medical Center specialty license plates. 04/27/2015
SB 671 Transportation
Relating to the designation of Loop 567 in Granbury as the Deputy Sergeant Lance McLean Memorial Highway. 04/29/2015
SB 1173 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits and the operation of commercial motor vehicles; creating a criminal offense; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. 04/29/2015
SB 570 Health
Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the use of fireworks at certain Texas Department of Transportation rest areas; creating a criminal offense. 04/29/2015
SB 1451 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Crime
Transportation
Relating to the disputed payment by a credit card or debit card of a vehicle registration fee. 04/29/2015
SB 449 Transportation
Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. 04/30/2015
SB 530 Transportation
Relating to the licensing of vehicles for hire and passenger transportation services by certain airport governing boards; authorizing the imposition of fees; expanding the authorization to require an occupational license; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty. 04/30/2015
SB 321 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Environmental
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the amount of money transferred monthly from the state highway fund to the Texas emissions reduction plan fund. 04/30/2015
SB 1561 Health
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift registry; authorizing a fee. 05/01/2015
SB 1512 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles fund. 05/01/2015
SB 1059 Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of certain permits for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles. 05/04/2015
SB 1820 Business and Consumers
Other
Transportation
Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from towing regulations. 05/04/2015
SB 1467 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to authorizing the collection of a service charge on certain electronic toll collection customer account payments. 05/04/2015
SB 638 Housing and Property
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the Shepherd Independent School District; requiring the payment of certain transaction fees. 05/04/2015
SB 1171 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the operation of certain oversize or overweight vehicles transporting timber, timber products, or forestry equipment on certain public roadways. 05/04/2015
SB 1530 Transportation
Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. 05/04/2015
SB 139 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to use of money in the state highway fund. 05/04/2015
SJR 12 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Legislative Affairs
Transportation
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. 05/04/2015
SB 1831 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 151 as the Specialist Dane Balcon Memorial Bridge. 05/04/2015
SB 272 Senior Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to making a voluntary contribution to the Special Olympics Texas fund when registering a motor vehicle or renewing a motor vehicle registration. 05/04/2015
SB 678 Housing and Property
Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to coordinated county transportation authorities. 05/04/2015
SB 444 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road corporations. 05/05/2015
SB 714 Transportation
Relating to the use of automated traffic control systems and photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. 05/05/2015
SB 1184 Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the governance of a regional mobility authority. 05/05/2015
SB 1436 Commerce
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the setback requirements for a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 05/05/2015
SB 2041 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of the portion of State Highway 191 in Midland County as the Sergeant Michael Naylor Memorial Highway and of the portion of Interstate Highway 30 in Rockwall County as the Congressman Ralph Hall Highway. 05/06/2015
SB 1338 Agriculture and Food
Transportation
Relating to an exemption from length limitations for certain vehicles or combinations of vehicles used to transport harvest machines. 05/06/2015
SB 754 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Other
Transportation
Relating to the use of money in the motorcycle education fund account for certain motorcycle safety programs. 05/06/2015
SB 1987 Crime
Health
Labor and Employment
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and to deaf or hard of hearing driver training for peace officers; authorizing a fee. 05/06/2015
SB 58 Immigration
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of commercial vehicle safety standards by certain municipalities and counties. 05/06/2015
SB 1918 Other
Transportation
Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on motorcycles. 05/11/2015
SB 2055 Military
Transportation
Relating to the designation of Loop 223 in Bastrop County as the Captain Jesse Billingsley Memorial Loop. 05/11/2015
SB 1511 Other
Transportation
Relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional transportation authorities. 05/11/2015
SB 1875 Commerce
Energy
Transportation
Relating to funding to counties for transportation infrastructure projects located in areas of the state affected by increased oil and gas production. 05/14/2015
SB 93 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Education
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the suspension of a driver's license for failure to pay a surcharge. 05/22/2015

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