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Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJR 26 | Arts and Humanities Legislative Affairs Other State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to appropriations for the preservation and perpetuation of certain items of historical value; allowing the legislature and state agencies to accept on behalf of the state gifts of items of historical value and contributions to purchase such items. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 356 | Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation, purpose, implementation, and funding of the County Park Beautification and Improvement Program. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 129 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to legislative review of those benchmarks. | 01/27/2015 |
| SCR 9 | Legislative Affairs Other |
Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint interim joint committees. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 565 | Judiciary Other Resolutions |
Relating to designating the first week of May as Jury Appreciation Week. | 02/18/2015 |
| SJR 32 | Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment revising the order of legislative business to permit legislative committees to consider matters during the first 60 days of a regular session. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 870 | Other Resolutions State Agencies |
Relating to replacing "Confederate Heroes Day" with "Civil War Remembrance Day" as a state holiday. | 03/04/2015 |
| SCR 22 | Resolutions |
Designating Quitaque as the official Bison Capital for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | 03/09/2015 |
| HCR 43 | Resolutions |
Designating Dripping Springs as the Wedding Capital of Texas. | 03/10/2015 |
| SCR 24 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument at the state Capitol Complex, at a site outside the historic Capitol grounds, honoring Texans who served during the Global War on Terror as part of the United States armed forces and their families. | 03/17/2015 |
| 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. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1522 | Other Resolutions |
Relating to designating the fourth Saturday in July as National Day of the Cowboy. | 03/23/2015 |
| SCR 33 | Designating September 8 as Major Jefferson Van Horne Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | 03/23/2015 | |
| SCR 31 | Resolutions |
Designating Hico as the official Steak Capital of Texas. | 03/23/2015 |
| SCR 38 | Resolutions |
Designating Abilene as the official Storybook Capital of Texas. | 04/08/2015 |
| HB 1443 | State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the Texas Identification Number system. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 3031 | Business and Consumers Commerce Insurance |
Relating to the decertification of a certified capital company. | 04/27/2015 |
| SCR 41 | Resolutions |
Designating Terry County as the official Grape Capital of Texas. | 04/29/2015 |
| HB 1740 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Health Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the administration of rabies vaccine under a local rabies control program. | 04/30/2015 |
| SCR 40 | Executive Branch Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Authorizing a portrait of Governor Rick Perry to be placed in the Texas Capitol. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 4129 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 22; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 4132 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 21; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 4126 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 218; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 3858 | Environmental Public Services |
Relating to fees charged by the Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2092 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the road powers of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 4133 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 23; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2290 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Other Resolutions |
Relating to designating January as Human Trafficking Prevention Month. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 4134 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 20; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/04/2015 |
| HCR 62 | Resolutions |
Designating Nocona as the official Classic Car Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | 05/05/2015 |
| HCR 76 | Resolutions |
Designating Poteet as the official Strawberry Capital of Texas for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 1052 | Other Resolutions |
Relating to designating September as Hydrocephalus Awareness Month. | 05/05/2015 |
| HCR 93 | Resolutions |
Designating Abilene as the official Storybook Capital of Texas. | 05/05/2015 |
| HCR 94 | Legislative Affairs Resolutions |
Urging the U.S. Congress to designate the Chisholm Trail and the Great Western Trail as National Historic Trails. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 369 | Other Resolutions |
Relating to designating May 24 as Lung Cancer Awareness Day. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1372 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Cotton Center Municipal Utility District No. 1; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1074 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 145; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/06/2015 |
| HCR 65 | Resolutions |
Designating the western honey bee as the official State Pollinator of Texas. | 05/07/2015 |
| HCR 69 | Resolutions |
Designating the city of Jasper as the official Butterfly Capital of Texas. | 05/07/2015 |
| HCR 77 | Resolutions |
Redesignating Jim Hogg County as the official Vaquero Capital of Texas. | 05/07/2015 |
| HCR 56 | Legislative Affairs Other |
Authorizing the lieutenant governor and speaker to appoint interim joint committees. | 05/07/2015 |
| HCR 78 | Resolutions |
Designating "the Lone Star State" as the official nickname of Texas. | 05/07/2015 |
| HCR 70 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument at the state Capitol Complex, at a site outside the historic Capitol grounds, honoring veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1187 | Municipal and County Issues Transportation |
Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle Memorial Highway. | 05/11/2015 |
| SCR 45 | Designating September as Valley Voter Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | 05/11/2015 | |
| HCR 106 | Resolutions |
Designating #TexasToDo as the official state hashtag of Texas Tourism. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 3538 | Executive Branch Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act of 2008. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 2280 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health Immigration Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. | 05/11/2015 |
| HCR 105 | Resolutions |
Designating #Texas as the official hashtag of Texas. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 4149 | Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the powers, operations, and boundaries of The Woodlands Township; authorizing a fee. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 2100 | Other |
Relating to the creation of the East Houston Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1264 | Crime Health Legal Issues Transportation |
Relating to the preservation of toxicological evidence collected in connection with certain intoxication offenses. | 05/11/2015 |
| HCR 104 | Resolutions |
Designating #txlege as the official hashtag of the Texas Legislature. | 05/12/2015 |
| HCR 95 | Resolutions |
In memory of Roy Houston Moore of Austin. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2894 | Crime Judiciary Other |
Relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 3628 | Public Services Science and Medical Research State Agencies |
Relating to the adoption by the Department of Public Safety of rules governing the use of unmanned aircraft in the Capitol Complex; creating a criminal offense. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 4139 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 141; providing authority to issue bonds and impose taxes. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 2819 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Housing and Property Transportation |
Relating to improvement projects of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas; providing authority to issue anticipation notes and time warrants. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 4153 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery-Grimes Counties Municipal Utility District No. 146; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 4141 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 191; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/13/2015 |
| HCR 35 | Resolutions |
Designating the cowboy hat as the official State Hat of Texas. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 4183 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 7; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 3777 | Other Transportation |
Relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional transportation authorities. | 05/15/2015 |
| HCR 81 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Expressing support for the placement of a monument to Lorenzo de Zavala on the grounds of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission building. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 4207 | Environmental Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Aransas County Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose a tax; providing general law authority to impose fees and surcharges. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2206 | Arts and Humanities Budget, Spending, and Taxes Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of the oversight of the Texas State Cemetery to the State Preservation Board and to the creation of the State Cemetery preservation trust fund. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 4199 | Judiciary |
Relating to the Harrison County Court at Law. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2407 | Environmental |
Relating to the creation of the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or surcharges. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 2525 | Crime Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1447 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Legal Issues Other |
Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 456 | Education Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to a prohibition on the use and possession of e-cigarettes on school property. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1947 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Insurance Other State Agencies |
Relating to licenses for insurance agents and adjusters. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 2113 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Commerce Crime Health Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the taxation of fireworks. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 3238 | Insurance |
Relating to the regulation of funding agreements, guaranteed investment contracts, and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts issued by a life insurer. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 2194 | Transportation |
Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 3888 | Other |
Relating to the creation of the Barrett Management District. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1290 | Environmental Legislative Affairs Public Services |
Relating to the sunset review of river authorities. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1346 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 3002 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the fee imposed on certain property owners by a county for the establishment of street lights along a county road. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1849 | Health Military Other State Agencies |
Relating to occupational licenses for military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1066 | Commerce Other Transportation |
Relating to the regulation of certain motor vehicle auctions. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 3668 | Crime Public Services |
Relating to the definition of peace officer for purposes of intercepting or collecting information in relation to certain communications in an investigation conducted by an arson investigating unit. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 4188 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 35; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 4189 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 36; providing authority to issue bonds and impose fees and taxes. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 2020 | Health |
Relating to the scope of duties of an emergency medical technician-paramedic and a licensed paramedic. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 4168 | Public Services |
Relating to the composition of the board of directors and the powers of the Gulf Coast Water Authority. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 4128 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 147; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 4140 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 148; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1371 | Family and Children Issues Health State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of an independent ombudsman for children and youth in foster care. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1166 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to sworn statements and other documentation provided to support the issuance of a search warrant. | 05/19/2015 |
| HCR 90 | Legislative Affairs Other |
Requesting the speaker and lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study seawater desalination on the Texas coast. | 05/20/2015 |
| 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. | 05/20/2015 |
| HCR 96 | Legislative Affairs Other |
Requesting the speaker of the house of representatives and the lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study the issue of advertising public notices. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 4158 | Other |
Relating to the creation of the East Waller County Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 4204 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 33; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 4178 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 31; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 4206 | Public Services |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Dowdell Public Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose fees and taxes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 4179 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the Williamson County Municipal Utility District No. 32; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 4196 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 65 of Fort Bend County, Texas; providing authority to issue bonds payable from taxes. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 4212 | Health |
Relating to the creation of the Mineola Area Medical District; granting the authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain. | 05/24/2015 |
| HCR 119 | Designating September as Valley Voter Awareness Month for a 10-year period beginning in 2015. | 05/24/2015 | |
| HB 4203 | Environmental Public Services |
Relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 159 after the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly from taxes. | 05/24/2015 |
| HCR 122 | Resolutions |
Designating the Texas Gulf shrimp as the Official State Crustacean of Texas. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 3099 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the effect of municipal annexation of the Venable Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Denton County; affecting the authority to impose a tax. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 4202 | Environmental Public Services |
Relating to the substitution of land within the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 157 after the approval or issuance of district bonds payable wholly or partly from taxes. | 05/24/2015 |
| HCR 52 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Authorizing the State Preservation Board, subject to state law and rules of the board, to approve and permit the relocation of the Texas Game Warden Memorial to a site at the State Capitol, south of the Sam Houston Building, just outside of the historical grounds. | 05/24/2015 |
| HCR 75 | Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Encouraging the State Preservation Board and the director of the Bullock Texas State History Museum to establish a museum of Texas music history as a permanent and integral program within the Bullock Museum. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 4211 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to the creation of the F.M. 2920/Becker Road Municipal Utility District of Harris County; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 4138 | Other |
Relating to the territory included in, the composition of the board of directors of, and the powers of the Harris County Improvement District No. 17. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 2622 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Housing and Property Public Services |
Relating to the procedure for claiming an exemption from ad valorem taxation by the Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District of certain property subject to a tax abatement agreement with the district and to the validation of certain actions of the district. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 3116 | Environmental |
Relating to the regulation of groundwater with historic use by and conflicts of law for the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 4205 | Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to powers and duties of the Porter Special Utility District; granting a limited power of eminent domain in the defined areas or designated property; providing authority to establish defined areas or designated property, to issue bonds, and to impose taxes for the benefit of defined areas or designated property. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 4192 | Other |
Relating to the creation of Simonton Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. | 05/25/2015 |
| HB 4180 | Municipal and County Issues Other Public Services |
Relating to the conversion of the Harris-Fort Bend Counties Municipal Utility District No. 4 to the Katy Management District No. 1; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or taxes. | 05/25/2015 |
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