District 2 (R - Canton)
Rep. Dan Flynn
District 2 (R-Canton)
| Bill | Caption | Date Effective |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2974 | Relating to the systems and programs administered by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 923 | Relating to the issuance of 36th Infantry Division specialty license plates and souvenir license plates. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 114 | Relating to the issuance of certain capital appreciation bonds by political subdivisions. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 120 | Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by the Texas Division of Emergency Management for certain division personnel. | Effective immediately |
| HB 577 | Relating to pay, benefits and requirements for state active duty service members. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1378 | Relating to the fiscal transparency and accountability of political subdivisions. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HCR 70 | 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. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB 9 | Relating to the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3310 | Relating to the funding policies, actuarial valuations, and reporting requirements of certain public retirement systems. | Effective immediately |
| HB 910 | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offenses. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 966 | Relating to the creation of an optional consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the group benefits program provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 177 | Relating to the research, collection, and use of adult stem cells. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 4046 | Relating to the confidentiality of student records. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 1930 | Relating to strategic planning for the operation of community supervision and corrections departments. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 3307 | Relating to the authority of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to make available a TRICARE Military Health System supplemental plan. | Effective immediately |
| HCR 137 | In memory of the Honorable Leo Berman of Tyler. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB 565 | Relating to powers of private toll project entities. | Effective immediately |
| HB 635 | Relating to the disposition of fetal remains. | Effective on 9/1/15 |
| HB 483 | Relating to the establishment and administration of a state bullion depository; authorizing fees. | Effective immediately |
| HB 942 | 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; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; reenacting a criminal offense. | See remarks for effective date |
| HB 2123 | Relating to participation of the state military forces in the state group benefits program. | Effective on 1/1/16 |
| HB 408 | Relating to the retirement benefits for certain elected state officials. | Effective immediately |
| HCR 85 | Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Chief Petty Officer Christopher Scott Kyle. | Signed by the Governor |
| HB 121 | Relating to an alternative means of payment of certain past due criminal fines and court costs. | Effective immediately |
| Bill | Caption | Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 797 | Relating to the Hunt Memorial Hospital District; authorizing the issuance of bonds. | Effective immediately |
| HB 2679 | Relating to the powers of a public facility corporation. | Effective immediately |
| HB 1926 | Relating to the operations of a municipally owned utility or municipal power agency; affecting a provision that is subject to criminal penalties; providing authority to issue bonds. | Senate Amendments Analysis distributed |
| Bill | Caption | Date of Last Action |
|---|---|---|
| HB 106 | Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties. | 02/09/2015 |
| HB 458 | Relating to the governance of public institutions of higher education in this state. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 135 | Relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students. | 02/11/2015 |
| HB 91 | Relating to the regulation of raw milk and raw milk products; adding a provision subject to a criminal penalty. | 05/25/2015 |
| HB 119 | Relating to tuition assistance for members of the Texas State Guard. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 118 | Relating to a fee waiver for a combination resident hunting and fishing license for certain military personnel. | 05/22/2015 |
| HB 96 | Relating to the authority of the Cash Special Utility District to issue bonds. | 05/25/2015 |
| HB 150 | Relating to daylight saving time. | 05/08/2015 |
| HB 132 | Relating to prohibiting local governments from interfering with a person's right to engage in the production of agriculture. | 02/12/2015 |
| HJR 32 | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a court of this state to uphold and apply certain laws, including the doctrine requiring courts to refrain from involvement in religious doctrinal interpretation or application. | 04/16/2015 |
| HCR 26 | Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 670 | Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in this state. | 05/14/2015 |
| HR 188 | Recognizing February 25, 2015, as Van Zandt County Day at the State Capitol. | 03/01/2015 |
| HR 187 | Honoring Congressman Ralph M. Hall for his service. | 03/01/2015 |
| HB 868 | Relating to a defense to prosecution for and civil liability of an educator who uses force or deadly force to protect the educator's person, students of the school, or property of the school, and suspension of a student who assaults an employee of a school. | 03/04/2015 |
| HB 1019 | Relating to publication of notice by a governmental entity on a newspaper's Internet website. | 04/22/2015 |
| HB 919 | Relating to provisional special education funding for certain students in public schools. | 02/25/2015 |
| HR 1590 | Congratulating the Martin's Mill High School girls' basketball team on winning the 2015 UIL 2A state championship. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1524 | Congratulating Gary and Rajean Vawter of Canton on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1526 | Congratulating Donald and Donna Money of Greenville on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/17/2015 |
| HR 1576 | Honoring David Hale on his service as chair of the Hunt County Republican Party. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1575 | Commending Rob McDonald on his service as district superintendent of the Dallas District Church of the Nazarene. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1568 | Commending Texas A&M University alumnus John Ball on walking cross country to raise money for the Walking Aggie Endowed Ring Scholarship. | 04/22/2015 |
| HR 1688 | Congratulating Amanda Rucker on her graduation from East Texas Baptist University. | 04/30/2015 |
| HR 2146 | Congratulating the Lone Oak Independent School District on its recent honors and commending Superintendent Lance Campbell for his leadership of the district. | 05/26/2015 |
| HR 2147 | In memory of Bobby Gerald Gillis of Sulphur Springs. | 05/25/2015 |
| HR 2041 | In memory of Billy G. Dirks of Sulphur Springs. | 05/22/2015 |
| HR 1867 | Commemorating the 40th anniversary of My Credit Union. | 05/08/2015 |
| HR 2341 | Recognizing May 20, 2015, as Retired Texas Game Warden Day at the State Capitol. | 05/26/2015 |
| HR 826 | Recognizing March 31, 2015, as Hopkins County Day at the State Capitol. | 03/20/2015 |
| HR 2418 | Congratulating Jerry and Kati Voss of Sulphur Springs on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 05/26/2015 |
| HR 2673 | Congratulating Wesley and Angela Hampton of Sulphur Springs on their 25th wedding anniversary. | 05/26/2015 |
| HR 2700 | Congratulating Hannah Kirby of Sulphur Springs on placing among the top 8 contestants on The Voice. | 05/25/2015 |
| HR 2827 | Congratulating Logan Lockwood of Van High School on his performance at the 2015 UIL Boys' Golf State Tournament. | 05/23/2015 |
| HR 2828 | Congratulating the Canton High School boys' golf team on qualifying for the 2015 UIL state tournament. | 05/23/2015 |
| HR 3020 | Congratulating the Greenville High School Robowranglers on their success at the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship. | 05/31/2015 |
| HR 3131 | Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 923. | 05/29/2015 |
| HR 3362 | Congratulating the Greenville Middle School Gigabots teams on winning the 2015 CREATE U.S. Open Robotics Championship - VEX middle school division. | 06/02/2015 |
| HCR 61 | Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border. | 05/23/2015 |
| HB 1017 | Relating to a public duty justification for conduct of a service member of the Texas military forces. | 05/15/2015 |
| HR 1525 | Congratulating Rudy and Lana Kirby of Grand Saline on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/17/2015 |
| HR 186 | Recognizing March 4, 2015, as Hunt County Day at the State Capitol. | 03/01/2015 |
| HB 138 | Relating to the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. | 02/09/2015 |
| HR 100 | In memory of Julia Alexandra Bass, former journal clerk of the Texas House of Representatives. | 05/08/2015 |
| HB 98 | Relating to the Texas Balance of Powers Act. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 1169 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information in the possession of an appraisal district; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 1296 | Relating to the appointment of certain representatives to certain regional water planning groups. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 1380 | Relating to ballot language for certain propositions to approve actions by a county, city, school district, or other special district. | 05/04/2015 |
| HR 494 | Recognizing April 8, 2015, as Retired Teachers Day at the State Capitol. | 04/13/2015 |
| HB 1476 | Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for capital projects at Texas A&M University-Commerce. | 03/05/2015 |
| HB 2166 | Relating to certain extensions of consumer credit facilitated by credit access businesses; providing a civil penalty. | 04/22/2015 |
| HR 909 | Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Greenville. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 2336 | Relating to the collection, consideration, and use of information not readily available to the general public by appraisal districts for ad valorem tax determination purposes. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 2884 | Relating to suspending a vehicle registration for the failure to establish financial responsibility; imposing penalties. | 03/16/2015 |
| HB 3457 | Relating to the methods of recovery of stranded environmental compliance costs by certain non-ERCOT electric utilities. | 04/08/2015 |
| HB 3308 | Relating to the regulation of state trust companies. | 05/20/2015 |
| HR 1198 | In memory of Mike Higgins of Austin, chief of staff of the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters. | 03/27/2015 |
| HR 1173 | Recognizing the 26th Annual Conference of the Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems taking place March 29 through April 1, 2015. | 03/27/2015 |
| HR 1513 | Honoring Carol Luebke of Dallas on the occasion of her retirement from the Cornerstone Credit Union League. | 04/21/2015 |
| HR 1519 | Congratulating Jesse and Carolyn Hines of Commerce on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1517 | Congratulating Mary Sue Cole on her retirement as Hunt County Extension agent. | 04/21/2015 |
| HR 1520 | Congratulating Jean Wilson Tunnell of Van on her 100th birthday. | 04/17/2015 |
| HR 1516 | Congratulating Don and Jackie Semple of Sulphur Springs on their 70th wedding anniversary. | 04/21/2015 |
| HR 1522 | Congratulating Ron and Jimmie Driggers of Greenville on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1523 | Congratulating Monty and Mary Rodgers of Van on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/20/2015 |
| HR 1518 | Congratulating Kurt and Stacy Gant of Sulphur Springs on their 25th wedding anniversary. | 04/21/2015 |
| HR 1521 | Congratulating Gerald and Gayle Shinn of Wills Point on their 50th wedding anniversary. | 04/17/2015 |
| HR 1527 | In memory of Roy DeWitt Deen of Wills Point. | 04/17/2015 |
| HB 3240 | Relating to a surcharge imposed for the use of a debit card or stored value card; providing a civil penalty. | 04/08/2015 |
| HCR 52 | 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 |
| HB 1936 | Relating to notice by a property owner to a mortgage servicer that the owner intends to enter into a contract with a property tax lender. | 05/07/2015 |
| HCR 36 | Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | 05/26/2015 |
| HB 1557 | Relating to creation of a search and rescue task force in each disaster field response region. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 4080 | Relating to optional annuity increases for certain retirees and beneficiaries of the Texas Municipal Retirement System. | 04/24/2015 |
| HB 113 | Relating to prohibiting abortion that is based on the sex of the unborn child; creating an offense. | 02/09/2015 |
| HJR 78 | Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government. | 05/01/2015 |
| HB 3927 | Relating to the creation of the constable technology fund; authorizing a fee. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1409 | Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene. | 04/24/2015 |
| HB 533 | Relating to the impoundment of a motor vehicle operated without financial responsibility and involved in an accident or traffic violation; authorizing a fee. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 2467 | Relating to excluding certain premiums, revenues, and fees from the determination of certain insurers' taxable gross premiums or revenues; affecting certain taxes. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1830 | Relating to the regulation of amusement redemption machine game rooms. | 05/24/2015 |
| HB 133 | Relating to the repeal of the additional ad valorem taxes imposed as a result of certain changes in the use of open-space land appraised as agricultural land. | 04/08/2015 |
| HB 1940 | Relating to the improvement of oral health care access through the regulation of dental hygiene practitioners, dental hygienists, and dentists in this state. | 04/07/2015 |
| HR 2407 | Commending Zackary Griffin for his service as a legislative intern in the office of State Representative James White. | 05/26/2015 |
| HB 1285 | Relating to the authority of certain personal protection officers to carry certain weapons. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 3522 | Relating to photo identification requirements for certain stored value card purchases. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 95 | Relating to the exclusion of certain witnesses during a criminal proceeding. | 04/08/2015 |
| HB 374 | Relating to requiring State Board of Education approval to offer advanced placement and international baccalaureate courses in public high schools. | 02/12/2015 |
| HB 3172 | Relating to emergency orders concerning water rights issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | 03/23/2015 |
| HB 916 | Relating to the governing board of the Trinity Valley Community College District. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 937 | Relating to the carrying of handguns on the campuses of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; creating a criminal offense. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1648 | Relating to voluntary and informed consent to an abortion and prevention of coerced abortions; providing penalties; creating an offense. | 04/29/2015 |
| HB 2089 | Relating to the repeal of certain occupational license fees and taxes. | 04/28/2015 |
| HB 723 | Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem and attorney ad litem for a minor in an application for a court order authorizing the minor to consent to an abortion. | 04/27/2015 |
| HB 1435 | Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions. | 03/19/2015 |
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