District 22 (R - Granbury)
Sen. Brian Birdwell
District 22 (R-Granbury)
| Bill | Caption | Date Effective |
|---|---|---|
| SB 11 | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; providing a criminal penalty. | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB 671 | Relating to the designation of Loop 567 in Granbury as the Deputy Sergeant Lance McLean Memorial Highway. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 862 | Relating to voting methods in a property owners' association election or vote. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 864 | Relating to secret ballots in a property owners' association election or vote. | Effective immediately |
| SB 2054 | Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to the State Orphans Home Alumni Association. | Effective immediately |
| SB 523 | Relating to the sunset review of river authorities. | Effective immediately |
| SB 202 | Relating to the transfer of certain occupational regulatory programs and the deregulation of certain activities and occupations. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 206 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Family and Protective Services and procedures applicable to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, investigations of child abuse and neglect, and conservatorship of a child; affecting fee amounts and authorizing an administrative penalty. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 200 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Health and Human Services Commission and the provision of health and human services in this state. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 208 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Commission. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 207 | Relating to the authority and duties of the office of inspector general of the Health and Human Services Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 1 | Relating to certain restrictions on the imposition of ad valorem taxes and to the duty of the state to reimburse certain political subdivisions for certain revenue loss; making conforming changes. | See remarks for effective date |
| SB 795 | Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| Bill | Caption | Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| SB 1735 | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents. | Remarks ordered printed |
| SB 212 | Relating to the abolishment of the Texas Council on Purchasing from People with Disabilities and the transfer of its functions to the Texas Workforce Commission. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| SB 204 | Relating to the continuation of the functions of the Department of Aging and Disability Services; increasing penalties. | House appoints conferees-reported |
| Bill | Caption | Date of Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| SR 484 | Welcoming the 2014-2015 Leadership Granbury class to the State Capitol. | 04/01/2015 |
| SR 386 | Welcoming members of Leadership Cleburne to the Capitol. | 03/17/2015 |
| SR 300 | Recognizing the BBQ on the Bricks Annual Barbecue Cook-off in Kerens. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 861 | Relating to the installation of certain telephone or telegraph corporation facilities on or across public roads, streets, or water. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 3 | Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety, military and law enforcement training, and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 213 | Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League. | 05/19/2015 |
| SB 1255 | Relating to the creation and operations of health care provider participation programs in certain counties. | 04/22/2015 |
| SB 1254 | Relating to transparency in economic development negotiations involving a governmental body and a business prospect. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 216 | Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. | 03/10/2015 |
| SR 333 | Recognizing March 10, 2015, as Corsicana and Navarro County Day. | 03/09/2015 |
| SR 361 | In memory of Sandra Lee Anderson. | 03/11/2015 |
| SR 430 | Celebrating March 30, 2015, as Baylor Day. | 03/30/2015 |
| SR 481 | Welcoming the Ennis Chamber of Commerce to the State Capitol. | 04/01/2015 |
| SB 420 | Relating to the creation of a campus of the Texas State Technical College System in Ellis County. | 04/08/2015 |
| SB 351 | Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. | 03/04/2015 |
| SR 563 | Designating April 22, 2015, Texas State Technical College Day. | 04/23/2015 |
| SR 518 | Welcoming members of the Cleburne Chamber of Commerce and the Cleburne Tuesday Forum to the Capitol. | 04/08/2015 |
| SR 589 | Recognizing members of Howard Students with Purpose on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol. | 04/20/2015 |
| SR 646 | Recognizing Toni Brown-Belew on the occasion of her retirement. | 04/28/2015 |
| SR 678 | Declaring May of 2015 as Syringomyelia Awareness Month in Texas. | 05/04/2015 |
| SR 660 | Recognizing members of the Burleson Young Executives Alliance on the occasion of their visit to the Capitol. | 04/29/2015 |
| SR 950 | In memory of the life of William R. Moody. | 05/21/2015 |
| SR 1060 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. 11. | 05/30/2015 |
| SB 953 | Relating to an exemption for certain persons who sell signs from the requirement to be licensed as an electrician. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 557 | 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 350 | Relating to the duties of the General Land Office and other state agencies with regard to the accounting for and management of real property owned by the state. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 352 | Relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking case. | 02/02/2015 |
| SR 79 | Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Waco Day. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 526 | Relating to restrictions on holders of package store permits. | 04/30/2015 |
| SB 525 | Relating to ad valorem tax lien transfers. | 04/14/2015 |
| SB 527 | Relating to the designation of a segment of U.S. Highway 287 in Midlothian as the Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield Memorial Highway. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 528 | Relating to the storage of certain hazardous chemicals; transferring enforcement of certain reporting requirements, including the imposition of criminal, civil, and administrative penalties, from the Department of State Health Services to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 524 | Relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court. | 02/18/2015 |
| SR 150 | Commending the members of the Hood County Long Term Recovery Committee. | 02/11/2015 |
| SR 192 | Recognizing the residents of West and first responders. | 02/18/2015 |
| SR 194 | Welcoming the members of Leadership Waxahachie Class XX. | 02/18/2015 |
| SR 193 | Welcoming the members of Leadership Midlothian Class of 2014-2015. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 670 | Relating to the Texas Identification Number system. | 04/09/2015 |
| SB 210 | Relating to the continuation of the Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 743 | Relating to the allocation of certain surplus state revenue for periodic reductions in the state sales tax rate. | 02/25/2015 |
| SB 729 | Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a constitutional convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 865 | Relating to immunity of a governmental entity for damage to certain utility facilities. | 03/04/2015 |
| SR 298 | Congratulating the Ennis High School Lions football team for winning a state championship. | 03/02/2015 |
| SR 297 | Recognizing the Bob Bullock Scholars Program of Baylor University. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 877 | Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 863 | Relating to the audit of river authorities by the state auditor's office. | 03/09/2015 |
| SR 299 | Recognizing the Ellis County Sheriff's Office Explorer Post for winning a state competition. | 03/02/2015 |
| SR 252 | Recognizing February 26, 2015, as Hill County Day. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 691 | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain students enrolled in fire science courses at public institutions of higher education. | 04/30/2015 |
| SR 387 | In memory of Ralph Matthew Dawson. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 209 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Investment Council, including assumption of the duties of the Texas Skill Standards Board. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 211 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. | 02/25/2015 |
| SB 688 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. | 02/25/2015 |
| SR 118 | Recognizing February 25 and 26, 2015, as Tarrant County Days. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 515 | Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue. | 02/11/2015 |
| SJR 28 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount. | 02/11/2015 |
| SR 681 | Recognizing the opening of the Texas Public Policy Foundation's new headquarters. | 05/05/2015 |
| SJR 29 | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend the number of days that certain tangible personal property to be transported outside of this state is exempt from ad valorem taxation. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 217 | Relating to the self-directed and semi-independent status of certain agencies and to the requirements applicable to, and the oversight of, those agencies. | 05/01/2015 |
| SB 215 | Relating to the transfer of driver and traffic safety education from the Texas Education Agency to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; changing the amounts of certain fees. | 04/28/2015 |
| SR 331 | Recognizing Mansfield Day at the State Capitol. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 214 | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Education Agency and to the abolition of the State Board for Educator Certification and the transfer of its functions to the Texas Education Agency; providing for the ad valorem tax rate to be imposed after annexation of an insolvent or inoperative school district. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 516 | Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods from ad valorem taxation. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 205 | Relating to the functions of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. | 03/11/2015 |
| SR 627 | Recognizing Young Conservatives of Texas on the occasion of its 35th anniversary. | 04/27/2015 |
| SR 398 | Extending condolences to the families of the missing students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico. | 03/19/2015 |
| SR 519 | Recognizing April 8, 2015, as Texas Home School Day. | 04/08/2015 |
| SB 8 | Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. | 05/05/2015 |
| SB 1340 | Relating to the photographic enforcement of traffic laws. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 7 | Relating to the computation of and to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax. | 05/12/2015 |
| SJR 1 | Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property. | 06/01/2015 |
| SB 1864 | Relating to requiring a peace officer to obtain a warrant to search a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device. | 05/22/2015 |
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