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
SB 45 Crime
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of Interstate Highway 37 as the Trooper Terry Wayne Miller Memorial Highway. 01/26/2015
SB 47 Transportation
Relating to a study concerning enforcement of following distance laws in this state. 01/26/2015
SB 58 Immigration
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of commercial vehicle safety standards by certain municipalities and counties. 01/26/2015
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. 01/26/2015
SB 25 Technology and Communication
Transportation
Relating to the use of a portable wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; creating an offense; providing penalties. 01/26/2015
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. 01/26/2015
SB 192 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. 01/27/2015
SB 193 Military
Other
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of certain military medals. 01/27/2015
SB 132 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Immigration
Legal Issues
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. 01/27/2015
SB 119 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Transportation
Relating to requiring that members of the governing board of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities be elected. 01/27/2015
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. 01/28/2015
SB 269 Transportation
Relating to comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation. 01/28/2015
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. 01/28/2015
SB 274 Labor and Employment
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for county officials. 01/28/2015
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. 01/28/2015
SB 270 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to toll rates for certain vehicles traveling on State Highway 130. 01/28/2015
SJR 17 Legislative Affairs
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to private road work by certain counties. 02/02/2015
SB 366 Commerce
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty. 02/02/2015
SB 398 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to fingerprints collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety from an applicant for a driver's license or personal identification certificate and used for the department's image verification system. 02/02/2015
SB 341 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. 02/02/2015
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. 02/02/2015
SB 340 Transportation
Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. 02/02/2015
SB 334 Transportation
Relating to the rules of the road regarding red signals at certain traffic control signals. 02/02/2015
SB 320 Crime
Environmental
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of certain motor vehicle weight and safety standards. 02/02/2015
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. 02/04/2015
SB 422 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. 02/04/2015
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. 02/09/2015
SB 449 Transportation
Relating to the titling, registration, and operation of an autocycle. 02/09/2015
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. 02/09/2015
SB 441 Other
Transportation
Relating to the sale of motor vehicles on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays. 02/09/2015
SB 444 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by certain toll road corporations. 02/09/2015
SB 442 Transportation
Relating to the operation and movement of motorcycles on certain highways during periods of traffic congestion. 02/09/2015
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. 02/10/2015
SB 485 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the cessation of tolls by toll project entities in certain circumstances. 02/10/2015
SB 564 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Transportation
Relating to the driver responsibility program and the collection of delinquent driver responsibility program surcharges. 02/18/2015
SB 562 Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to annual permits to move certain equipment; authorizing a fee. 02/18/2015
SB 527 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Memorial Highway. 02/18/2015
SB 557 Executive Branch
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. 02/18/2015
SB 561 Transportation
Relating to the designation of Farm-to-Market Road 1293 in Hardin County as the Game Warden Wesley W. Wagstaff Memorial Highway. 02/18/2015
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. 02/18/2015
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. 02/18/2015
SB 579 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. 02/23/2015
SB 629 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to agreements of certain counties to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate a toll bridge. 02/23/2015
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. 02/24/2015
SB 671 Transportation
Relating to the designation of Loop 567 in Granbury as the Deputy Sergeant Lance McLean Memorial Highway. 02/24/2015
SB 658 Agriculture and Food
Transportation
Relating to the exemption from vehicle registration for certain farm vehicles owned by a farmers' cooperative society or marketing association. 02/24/2015
SB 678 Housing and Property
Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to coordinated county transportation authorities. 02/24/2015
SB 697 Environmental
Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the definition of urban transit district. 02/25/2015
SB 704 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Business and Consumers
Environmental
Public Services
State Agencies
Relating to dedicating certain state revenue to the purpose of retiring state debt for transportation improvements. 02/25/2015
SB 721 Legislative Affairs
Transportation
Relating to the sunset review of regional mobility authorities. 03/02/2015
SB 748 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a metropolitan planning organization policy board. 03/02/2015
SB 714 Transportation
Relating to the use of automated traffic control systems and photographic traffic signal enforcement systems. 03/02/2015
SB 742 Executive Branch
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Texas Medical Center specialty license plates. 03/02/2015
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. 03/02/2015
SB 731 Immigration
Other
Transportation
Relating to funding for certain transportation infrastructure projects near the international border of this state; making an appropriation. 03/02/2015
SB 826 Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the requirements for request for proposals for design-build contracts for highway projects. 03/03/2015
SB 840 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Environmental
Health
Labor and Employment
Military
Transportation
Relating to certain trailer registration fees for veterans with disabilities. 03/04/2015
SB 906 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to increasing the optional county fee for registering a motor vehicle. 03/09/2015
SB 959 Immigration
Transportation
Relating to the collection of a complete set of fingerprints from certain applicants for driver's licenses. 03/09/2015
SB 938 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the exercise of eminent domain by a toll project entity. 03/09/2015
SB 939 Other
Transportation
Relating to disclosure of financial studies and reports associated with a toll project. 03/09/2015
SB 937 Transportation
Relating to nontolled lanes on a highway that has been converted from a nontolled highway to a toll project. 03/09/2015
SB 971 Agriculture and Food
Transportation
Relating to requirements for certain farm vehicles when operating on a highway. 03/10/2015
SB 1043 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Safety; creating a criminal offense; providing a penalty; authorizing fees. 03/11/2015
SB 1045 Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to enter into a design-build contract for the Interstate Highway 635 East project. 03/11/2015
SB 1048 Transportation
Relating to prohibiting the use of certain federal funds for a mass transit passenger rail project. 03/11/2015
SB 1046 Other
Transportation
Relating to disclosure of financial studies and reports associated with a toll project. 03/11/2015
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. 03/16/2015
SB 1056 Judiciary
Transportation
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to penalties for certain criminal offenses regarding operating a motor vehicle; imposing a fee and changing a surcharge. 03/16/2015
SB 1144 Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to intermunicipal commuter rail districts. 03/17/2015
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. 03/17/2015
SB 1143 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the taxation, titling, and registration of certain motor vehicles. 03/17/2015
SB 1172 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of obligations payable from and secured by the Texas Mobility Fund. 03/17/2015
SB 1182 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the use of money in the state highway fund for toll projects. 03/17/2015
SB 1238 Transportation
Relating to a prohibition on converting certain segments or lanes of a state highway to toll projects or managed lanes. 03/17/2015
SB 1184 Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the governance of a regional mobility authority. 03/17/2015
SB 1167 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to relating to autonomous motor vehicles. 03/17/2015
SB 1150 Other
Transportation
Relating to the repeal of the enabling legislation for regional mobility authorities. 03/17/2015
SB 1130 Transportation
Relating to suspending a vehicle registration for the failure to establish financial responsibility; imposing penalties. 03/17/2015
SB 1134 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to fingerprints collected by the Texas Department of Public Safety from an applicant for a driver's license or personal identification certificate and used for the department's image verification system. 03/17/2015
SB 1239 Education
Transportation
Relating to a study on the implementation of a traffic light synchronization program. 03/17/2015
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. 03/17/2015
SB 1236 Commerce
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to asset management agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/17/2015
SJR 43 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Legislative Affairs
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the issuance of certain debt and the use of certain revenue for toll roads. 03/17/2015
SB 1240 Transportation
Relating to the provision of a plan regarding the elimination of toll roads. 03/17/2015
SB 1242 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Business and Consumers
Commerce
Environmental
Other
Transportation
Relating to the sale, storage, transportation, and disposal of scrap or used tires; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense. 03/17/2015
SB 1331 Other
Transportation
Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities. 03/18/2015
SB 1424 Transportation
Relating to the administration and oversight of overweight corridors; authorizing a fee. 03/18/2015
SB 1294 Commerce
Transportation
Relating to certain limitations on design-build contracts for transportation infrastructure projects. 03/18/2015
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. 03/18/2015
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. 03/18/2015
SB 1416 Crime
Transportation
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of an unprotected road user; creating a criminal offense. 03/18/2015
SB 1425 Crime
Insurance
Transportation
Relating to the Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority. 03/18/2015
SB 1308 Military
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to veterans services information provided to veterans who receive driver's licenses and personal identification certificates. 03/18/2015
SB 1292 Crime
Health
Labor and Employment
Transportation
Relating to parking privileges for people with disabilities; authorizing a fee; amending dismissal procedures for a criminal offense. 03/18/2015
SB 1340 Transportation
Relating to the photographic enforcement of traffic laws. 03/18/2015
SB 1458 Transportation
Relating to entities operating railroads in this state. 03/19/2015
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. 03/19/2015
SB 1467 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to authorizing the collection of a service charge on certain electronic toll collection customer account payments. 03/19/2015
SB 1591 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to certain comprehensive development agreements of the Texas Department of Transportation or a regional mobility authority. 03/23/2015
SB 1709 Other
Transportation
Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/23/2015
SB 1561 Health
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift registry; authorizing a fee. 03/23/2015
SB 1504 Commerce
Other
Transportation
Relating to the regulation of salvage vehicle dealers, salvage pool operators, and salvage vehicle rebuilders; expanding the applicability of an occupational license. 03/23/2015
SB 1594 Business and Consumers
Commerce
Transportation
Relating to the allocation of certain amounts transferred to the state highway fund to designated corridors of commerce. 03/23/2015
SB 1566 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Our Lady of Guadalupe specialty license plates. 03/23/2015
SB 1539 Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the operation of vehicles transporting milk; authorizing a fee. 03/23/2015
SB 1530 Transportation
Relating to the offense of leaving a motor vehicle unattended. 03/23/2015
SB 1502 Business and Consumers
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to county regulation of the removal and storage in certain counties of unlawfully stopped motor vehicles. 03/23/2015
SB 1601 Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to railroads in this state. 03/23/2015
SB 1607 Transportation
Relating to five-year signature transportation projects of the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/23/2015
SB 1606 Commerce
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to increase the use of the design-build method for roadway projects. 03/23/2015
SB 1717 Transportation
Relating to Prima Facie Speed Limits. 03/23/2015
SB 1715 Transportation
Relating to the offense of passing certain vehicles on a highway. 03/23/2015
SB 1721 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of the Alamo specialty license plates. 03/23/2015
SB 1577 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county tax assessor-collector. 03/23/2015
SB 1511 Other
Transportation
Relating to the establishment and governance of certain regional transportation authorities. 03/23/2015
SB 1595 Executive Branch
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to money allocated under the federal-aid highway program. 03/23/2015
SB 1674 Transportation
Relating to the development of the Interstate Highway 635 East project in Dallas. 03/23/2015
SB 1675 Environmental
Transportation
Relating to the repeal of mandatory periodic motor vehicle inspections. 03/23/2015
SB 1737 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 83 in Hidalgo County as the World War II Veterans 349th Regt. 88th Inf. Div. Memorial Highway. 03/24/2015
SB 1764 Transportation
Relating to the allocation and use of certain funds for public transportation projects. 03/24/2015
SB 1729 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to programs for imposing or increasing a toll on and increasing the vehicle registration fee for a commercial motor vehicle. 03/24/2015
SB 1788 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Energy
Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to county energy transportation reinvestment zones. 03/24/2015
SB 1759 Other
Transportation
Relating to the transportation of unsecured objects by a vehicle; creating an offense. 03/24/2015
SB 1731 Military
Other
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Gallantry Cross Medal and the Prisoner of War Medal. 03/24/2015
SB 1756 Municipal and County Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of driver's licenses and personal identification certificates and the classification and operation of certain vehicles; authorizing a fee. 03/24/2015
SB 1948 Housing and Property
Other
Recreation
Transportation
Relating to certain holders of motor home manufacturer's and dealer's licenses. 03/25/2015
SB 1924 Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to landscape control along interstate and state highway rights-of-way; imposing a criminal penalty. 03/25/2015
SB 1919 Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the establishment of a variable speed limit pilot program by the Texas Transportation Commission. 03/25/2015
SB 1947 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to alternative road construction methods. 03/25/2015
SB 1859 Environmental
Housing and Property
Other
Transportation
Relating to the restoration of expired eminent domain authority of certain rural rail transportation districts. 03/25/2015
SB 1803 Transportation
Relating to route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties. 03/25/2015
SB 1982 Commerce
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the regulation of certain motor vehicle auctions. 03/25/2015
SB 1910 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to private road work by certain counties. 03/25/2015
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. 03/25/2015
SB 1831 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 151 as the Specialist Dane Balcon Memorial Bridge. 03/25/2015
SB 1955 Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the control of access to state highways by the Texas Department of Transportation. 03/25/2015
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. 03/25/2015
SB 1837 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. 03/25/2015
SJR 62 Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Transportation
Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue sources to be used for the acquisition of rights-of-way for and the construction and maintenance of public roadways. 03/25/2015
SB 1823 Crime
Environmental
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities. 03/25/2015
SB 1918 Other
Transportation
Relating to the use of certain lighting equipment on motorcycles. 03/25/2015
SB 2020 Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the powers, operations, and boundaries of The Woodlands Township; authorizing a fee. 03/30/2015
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. 04/09/2015
SB 2055 Military
Transportation
Relating to the designation of Loop 223 in Bastrop County as the Captain Jesse Billingsley Memorial Loop. 04/15/2015
HB 2208 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county tax assessor-collector. 04/21/2015
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. 04/21/2015
HB 122 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the Texas Mobility Fund. 04/23/2015
HB 833 Housing and Property
Other
Recreation
Transportation
Relating to certain holders of motor home manufacturer's and dealer's licenses. 04/23/2015
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. 04/23/2015
HB 441 Transportation
Relating to the use of a court order as an occupational license. 04/27/2015
HB 1833 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to agreements of certain counties to acquire, construct, maintain, or operate a toll bridge. 04/28/2015
SB 2067 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of Interstate 30 in Rockwall County as the Ralph Hall Highway. 04/29/2015
HB 463 Transportation
Relating to the ability to mow, bale, shred, or hoe material on a state highway right-of-way. 04/30/2015
HB 1252 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to uniform weighing procedures requirements for motor vehicle weight enforcement officers. 04/30/2015
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. 04/30/2015
HB 315 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Military
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of "In God We Trust" specialty license plates. 04/30/2015
HB 978 Transportation
Relating to the designation of the Route 66 Historic Corridor. 04/30/2015
HB 792 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for antique buses. 05/04/2015
HB 598 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a segment of State Highway 21 in Nacogdoches County as the Bob Luman Memorial Highway. 05/04/2015
HB 1888 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to commercial driver's licenses and commercial learner's permits and the operation of commercial motor vehicles; authorizing a fee; increasing a penalty. 05/04/2015
HB 1716 Commerce
Relating to the term for a lease of land owned by certain navigation districts. 05/04/2015
HB 1147 Crime
Health
Public Services
Recreation
Transportation
Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles. 05/04/2015
HB 2216 Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to information required of an applicant for a driver's license. 05/04/2015
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. 05/04/2015
HB 789 Military
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to license plates issued to retired members of the military. 05/04/2015
HB 1080 Judiciary
Transportation
Relating to the definition of a state judge for purposes of state driver's license and personal identification laws. 05/04/2015
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. 05/04/2015
HB 1963 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 87 as the Texas Game Warden Michael C. Pauling Memorial Highway. 05/04/2015
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. 05/04/2015
HB 2702 Other
Transportation
Relating to an alternative composition of a board of directors of a regional mobility authority. 05/04/2015
HB 923 Military
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of 36th Infantry Division specialty license plates and souvenir license plates. 05/04/2015
HB 2115 Transportation
Relating to the initial inspection period for motor vehicles purchased by certain commercial fleet buyers. 05/04/2015
HB 716 Crime
Environmental
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the certification of certain peace officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards. 05/04/2015
HB 663 Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Highway 207 in Armstrong County as the William Hamblen Memorial Highway. 05/05/2015
HB 1273 Military
Transportation
Relating to certain military specialty license plates. 05/05/2015
HB 1605 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of the Texas Airport Directory; eliminating a fee. 05/05/2015
HB 3485 Municipal and County Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the addition of certain municipalities to the territory of a regional transportation authority. 05/05/2015
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. 05/05/2015
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. 05/05/2015
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. 05/05/2015
HB 2975 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to speed limits; amending provisions subject to a general criminal penalty. 05/05/2015
HB 509 Education
Transportation
Relating to the process for establishing speed limits on roads near certain schools. 05/05/2015
HB 2181 Transportation
Relating to designating the Interstate Highway 45 causeway to Galveston the George and Cynthia Mitchell Memorial Causeway. 05/05/2015
HB 3868 Arts and Humanities
Transportation
Relating to the designation of Westside Drive in El Paso County as the Don Juan de Onate Trail. 05/05/2015
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. 05/05/2015
HB 2468 Housing and Property
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the transfer of certain state real property from the Texas Department of Transportation to the City of Laredo. 05/05/2015
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. 05/05/2015
HB 1107 Crime
Transportation
Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety violations; creating a criminal offense. 05/06/2015
HB 499 Transportation
Relating to the public transportation advisory committee. 05/06/2015
HB 2612 Transportation
Relating to a report to the legislature regarding the elimination of toll roads. 05/06/2015
HB 168 Military
Other
Transportation
Relating to privileged parking for Distinguished Flying Cross medal recipients. 05/06/2015
HB 612 Health
Labor and Employment
Military
Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues
Transportation
Relating to license plates issued to female veterans with disabilities. 05/06/2015
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. 05/06/2015
HB 2085 Transportation
Relating to the administration and oversight of overweight corridors; authorizing a fee. 05/06/2015
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. 05/06/2015
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. 05/06/2015
HB 691 Commerce
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to the regulation of automotive wrecking and salvage yards in certain counties; increasing the civil penalty. 05/07/2015
HB 565 Housing and Property
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to powers of private toll project entities. 05/07/2015
HB 2708 Education
Relating to the qualifications for teaching a driver education course. 05/07/2015
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. 05/07/2015
HB 2007 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Other
Relating to fees imposed by a county for licensing a junkyard or automotive wrecking and salvage yard. 05/07/2015
HB 3610 Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Texas Juneteenth specialty license plates. 05/07/2015
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. 05/11/2015
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. 05/11/2015
HB 830 State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of Alamo specialty license plates. 05/11/2015
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. 05/11/2015
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. 05/11/2015
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. 05/11/2015
HB 2121 Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the repeal of obsolete laws governing county road systems in certain counties. 05/11/2015
HB 3225 Transportation
Relating to lane restrictions for certain motor vehicles in highway construction or maintenance work zones. 05/11/2015
HB 1929 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Municipal and County Issues
Recreation
Senior Issues
Transportation
Relating to the payment in certain counties of expenses associated with the transportation of senior citizens and their caregivers for civic, community, educational, and recreational activities. 05/11/2015
HB 127 Military
Other
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Commendation Medal. 05/12/2015
HB 3302 Other
Transportation
Relating to highway landscaping projects. 05/12/2015
HB 1230 Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the operation of an overweight vehicle. 05/12/2015
HB 991 Agriculture and Food
Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Business and Consumers
Commerce
Other
Transportation
Relating to the display of notice of federal and state tax rates for motor fuel sold at retail. 05/12/2015
HB 2946 Transportation
Relating to certain laws governing the intersections of railroad tracks and public roadways. 05/12/2015
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. 05/12/2015
HB 1631 Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the enforcement of commercial motor vehicle safety standards in certain municipalities and counties. 05/12/2015
HB 2549 Transportation
Relating to the authority and operation of regional tollway authorities. 05/13/2015
HB 1360 Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the exemption of certain vehicles from registration fees. 05/13/2015
HB 1702 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Transportation
Relating to the elimination of the fee for the Gold Star mother, father, spouse, or family member specialty license plate. 05/13/2015
HB 1119 Education
Other
Transportation
Relating to a study assessing the statewide need for the replacement of mile markers on certain highways. 05/13/2015
HB 823 Other
Transportation
Relating to criminal liability for certain federal motor carrier safety regulation violations; increasing a criminal penalty. 05/13/2015
HB 2540 Crime
Public Services
Transportation
Relating to the designation of Spur 63 in Gregg County as the Texas Ranger Glenn Elliott Memorial Highway. 05/14/2015
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. 05/14/2015
HB 1128 Military
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Combat Action Badge, Medal, or Ribbon. 05/14/2015
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. 05/14/2015
HB 1364 Military
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to honor recipients of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal. 05/14/2015
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. 05/14/2015
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. 05/14/2015
HB 3283 Health
Public Services
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to contributions and registrations for an anatomical gift registry; authorizing a fee. 05/18/2015
HB 790 Environmental
Transportation
Relating to a study on the implementation and effectiveness of sound mitigation measures on certain highways. 05/18/2015
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. 05/18/2015
HB 4099 Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of K9s4COPs specialty license plates. 05/18/2015
HB 3144 Other
Transportation
Relating to expanding the memorial sign program for motorcyclists to include bicyclists. 05/18/2015
HB 1237 Military
Municipal and County Issues
Transportation
Relating to the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 290 in Hays and Travis Counties as the Lieutenant Clay Crabb Memorial Highway. 05/18/2015
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. 05/18/2015
HB 1238 Other
Transportation
Relating to requirements for construction and maintenance work zones; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 05/20/2015

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