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

Sen. Donna Campbell

District 25 (R-New Braunfels)

Committees

New Laws

Bill Caption Date Effective
SB 1824 Relating to a study and report on the awarding of the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor. Effective immediately
SB 674 Relating to instruction regarding mental health, substance abuse, and youth suicide in educator training programs. Effective on 9/1/15
SCR 48 Convening a joint memorial session to honor Texans killed while serving in the United States military and commemorating Memorial Day 2015. Signed by the Governor
SB 806 Relating to the College Credit for Heroes program. Effective immediately
SB 833 Relating to the continuation of a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation while the owner is temporarily absent because of military service. Effective immediately
SB 832 Relating to the coordinating workgroups of the Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans Services. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 807 Relating to occupational license application and examination fees for certain military service members, military veterans, and military spouses. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 805 Relating to the employment of individuals qualified for a veteran's employment preference. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 1358 Relating to the Texas Military Preparedness Commission and strategic planning regarding military bases and defense installations. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 1279 Relating to designated emergency infant care providers for certain abandoned children. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 1049 Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax and certain filing fees for certain businesses owned by veterans during an initial period of operation in the state. See remarks for effective date
SB 1934 Relating to requirements for the issuance of a driver's license or personal identification certificate and to a study on digital identification and proof of licensure. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 273 Relating to certain offenses relating to carrying concealed handguns on property owned or leased by a governmental entity; providing a civil penalty. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 1115 Relating to a program allowing certain military voters on active duty overseas to cast a ballot electronically. Effective immediately
SB 631 Relating to the authority of certain contiguous municipalities to agree to extend municipal court jurisdiction. Effective immediately
SB 208 Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Workforce Commission. See remarks for effective date
SB 1899 Relating to the regulation of emergency medical services. Effective immediately
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 202 Relating to the transfer of certain occupational regulatory programs and the deregulation of certain activities and occupations. 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 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 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 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

Pending Governor's Review

Bill Caption Last Action
SJR 52 Proposing a constitutional amendment repealing the requirement that state officers elected by voters statewide reside in the state capital. Filed with the Secretary of State
SB 1753 Relating to the identification requirements of certain health care providers associated with a hospital. Effective on 9/1/15
SB 2074 Relating to the creation of the Legacy 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. Effective immediately
SB 2075 Relating to the annexation and eminent domain powers of and the development of certain wastewater projects by the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1. Effective on 9/1/15
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

Other Legislation

Bill Caption Date of Last Action
SCR 44 Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Cleto L. Rodriguez in recognition of his valiant service during World War II. 05/23/2015
SB 249 Relating to dedicating certain state revenue to the purpose of retiring state general obligation debt. 03/02/2015
SJR 10 Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion. 04/13/2015
SJR 16 Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rights of individuals to choose or decline to choose to purchase health insurance coverage. 04/14/2015
SB 310 Relating to procedures and requirements for the issuance of certificates of obligation. 05/24/2015
SB 311 Relating to certain offenses involving the carrying of concealed handguns by license holders and to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of those offenses. 02/02/2015
SB 414 Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent. 04/20/2015
SB 400 Relating to procedural requirements for adopting and filing a school district budget. 02/02/2015
SR 41 Congratulating Jack Ohlrich and Hal Herbelin Jr. for receiving the Outstanding Range Management Award. 01/26/2015
SR 56 Celebrating Texas Capitol Schoolhouse Day. 01/26/2015
SR 55 Recognizing February 6, 2015, as National Wear Red Day. 02/04/2015
SB 1634 Relating to limiting certain powers of the Goforth Special Utility District. 05/04/2015
SB 2022 Relating to the Driftwood Economic Development Municipal Management District. 05/20/2015
SR 501 Recognizing John C. Hagee on the occasion of his 75th birthday. 04/07/2015
SR 615 Recognizing the 2015 Ride 2 Recovery Texas Challenge. 04/23/2015
SR 604 In memory of O. C. Haley. 04/22/2015
SB 2072 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. 05/22/2015
SB 2070 Relating to the powers and duties of the Headwaters Municipal Utility District; providing authority to issue bonds and impose taxes. 05/18/2015
SB 276 Relating to state savings and government efficiency achieved through a taxpayer savings grant program administered by the comptroller of public accounts. 03/26/2015
SB 2071 Relating to the dissolution of the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility District. 05/18/2015
SCR 43 Directing the governor of the State of Texas to posthumously award the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to Matthew E. Mendoza. 05/13/2015
SR 750 Recognizing Larkspur Elementary School on the occasion of its 50th anniversary. 05/11/2015
SB 2073 Relating to the Hays County Development District No. 1. 05/18/2015
SR 798 Recognizing the Vintage Oaks residential community on the occasion of the dedication of the Timber Ridge Park and Veteran's Walk. 05/12/2015
SR 952 Recognizing John C. Osborn on the occasion of his retirement. 05/21/2015
SR 995 Welcoming Kaitlyn Anderson to the Capitol. 05/26/2015
SR 996 Welcoming Jay Nelson to the Capitol. 05/26/2015
SR 1048 Recognizing Charles William McMillon for his work during the 84th legislative session. 05/30/2015
SB 309 Relating to public access to boundary, financial, and tax rate information of certain political subdivisions. 05/21/2015
SR 916 Recognizing Howard Hicks on the occasion of his retirement. 05/20/2015
SB 1819 Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education. 05/20/2015
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
SB 1826 Relating to the regulation of the amount of installed electric generation capacity. 03/25/2015
SJR 59 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to nullify an order, rule, policy, or similar measure adopted by the executive branch of the federal government that exceeds the authority granted by the United States Constitution. 03/25/2015
SB 1134 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
SR 345 In memory of Joel Craig Gandy. 03/10/2015
SB 191 Relating to a prohibition on ownership, control, or management of the Alamo complex by a foreign entity. 02/24/2015
SB 119 Relating to requiring that members of the governing board of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities be elected. 01/27/2015
SR 6 Recognizing the citizens of San Antonio for honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 01/15/2015
SB 120 Relating to the penalty for theft of an official ballot or official carrier envelope for an election. 01/27/2015
SB 1901 Relating to emergency response employees or volunteers and others exposed or potentially exposed to certain diseases or parasites. 03/25/2015
SB 399 Relating to ballot propositions authorizing certain political subdivisions to issue debt obligations. 02/02/2015
SB 1558 Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain equipment and supplies associated with diabetes treatment. 03/23/2015
SB 531 Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state. 05/24/2015
SB 548 Relating to the membership of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board. 02/18/2015
SB 573 Relating to the issuance of certain capital appreciation bonds by political subdivisions. 05/20/2015
SR 180 Observing February 17, 2015, as Texas Trauma and Emergency Health Care Day. 02/17/2015
SR 190 Recognizing February 19, 2015, as Mental Illness Awareness Day. 02/18/2015
SB 635 Relating to the eligibility of property used in connection with renewable energy electric generation through the use of wind power for a limitation on appraised value of property for ad valorem tax purposes under the Texas Economic Development Act. 02/23/2015
SB 665 Relating to inclusion of a course on the founding principles of the United States in the curriculum requirements for public high school students and the posting of the founding documents of the United States in public school buildings. 02/24/2015
SB 748 Relating to voting eligibility requirements for members of a metropolitan planning organization policy board. 03/02/2015
SB 874 Relating to a photo identification requirement to use certain state benefits. 03/04/2015
SB 1278 Relating to the creation of a judicial district composed of Kendall County, the composition of the 216th Judicial District, the creation of a criminal district attorney of Kendall County, and the abolishment of the County Court at Law of Kendall County and the office of county attorney of Kendall County. 03/30/2015
SB 1329 Relating to the application of certain concealed handgun license laws to the attorney general, to assistant attorneys general, and to federal prosecutors, judges, and justices, and to the authority of those individuals to carry certain weapons. 03/18/2015
SB 205 Relating to the functions of the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. 03/11/2015
SB 975 Relating to the uniform election date. 03/10/2015
SB 1130 Relating to suspending a vehicle registration for the failure to establish financial responsibility; imposing penalties. 03/17/2015
SB 1086 Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed. 05/23/2015
SB 1097 Relating to payment of and disclosures related to certain out-of-network provider charges; authorizing a fee; providing a penalty. 03/16/2015
SR 328 In memory of Joseph Lee Richmond. 03/04/2015
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 1330 Relating to injury leave for certain peace officers. 05/26/2015
SB 1098 Relating to the operation of certain managed care plans with respect to health care providers. 03/16/2015
SB 963 Relating to the creation of the Comal Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, or surcharges. 05/12/2015
SB 1595 Relating to money allocated under the federal-aid highway program. 03/23/2015
SB 1446 Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording. 04/27/2015
SB 1594 Relating to the allocation of certain amounts transferred to the state highway fund to designated corridors of commerce. 03/23/2015
SB 1439 Relating to the territory of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing the regulation of certain wells for the production of groundwater. 03/31/2015
SB 1440 Relating to the territory, jurisdiction, board composition, elections, and powers of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, including its authority to regulate certain wells for the production of groundwater; imposing a cap on certain fees. 05/13/2015
SB 1169 Relating to suicide prevention training for educators in public schools. 05/14/2015
SB 1827 Relating to the legislature's goals for renewable electric generating capacity. 03/25/2015
SB 1719 Relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income housing tax credit. 03/23/2015
SB 1754 Relating to advertising by certain licensed freestanding emergency medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty. 03/24/2015
SB 1789 Relating to the authority of certain holders of a wine and beer retailer's permit to manufacture and sell wine and engage in certain related activities. 03/24/2015
SB 1873 Relating to requiring personnel of abortion facilities and certain other facilities performing abortions to complete training on human trafficking. 05/07/2015
SB 1785 Relating to governmental actions affecting the use or value of private property. 03/24/2015
SB 1821 Relating to a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of real property of a business that employs honorably discharged veterans. 05/04/2015
SB 1722 Relating to requirements for a partially deregulated telecommunications cooperative to offer certain services or make changes in its rates or tariffs. 03/23/2015
SB 1711 Relating to rules which insure that local independent school district selection of non-state adopted instructional materials to be purchased with state funds, is as accountable and transparent as the State Board of Education approval process for state-adopted instruction materials. 04/09/2015
SB 1900 Relating to funding for an open-enrollment charter school based on average amounts collected by school districts under the instructional facilities allotment and the existing debt allotment. 05/20/2015
SB 1639 Relating to the procedures for municipal annexations. 05/25/2015
SJR 60 Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a political subdivision to adopt a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the market value of real property of a business that employs honorably discharged veterans. 05/04/2015
SB 1721 Relating to the issuance of the Alamo specialty license plates. 03/23/2015
SB 1447 Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to certain University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. 03/18/2015
SB 1640 Relating to prohibiting camping and building fires in certain areas; creating a criminal offense. 03/23/2015
SB 1718 Relating to the creation and maintenance of a registry of physicians co-managing patients with Licensees under Chapter 351, Occupations Code 04/29/2015
SB 1712 Relating to additional state aid for tax reduction provided to certain school districts. 04/09/2015
SB 1720 Relating to ready-mix concrete trucks. 03/23/2015
SB 1713 Relating to a voluntary veteran's employment preference for private employers. 03/23/2015
SB 1935 Relating to protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers. 03/25/2015
SB 1872 Relating to coverage provided by certain qualified health plans for abortions. 03/25/2015
SB 1397 Relating to the establishment of a rural resident physician grant program. 03/18/2015
SB 216 Relating to the functions and operation of the State Office of Administrative Hearings. 03/10/2015
SB 801 Relating to a high quality prekindergarten program provided by public school districts. 03/03/2015
SR 618 Recognizing April 23, 2015, as Texas Young Republican Federation and Texas Federation of College Republicans Legislative Day. 04/23/2015
SB 213 Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League. 05/19/2015
SR 617 Recognizing H-E-B on the occasion of its 110th anniversary. 04/23/2015
SB 893 Relating to public school teacher performance appraisals, continuing education, professional development, career advancement, and compensation. 04/30/2015
SB 1165 Relating to the express preemption of regulation of oil and gas operations and the exclusive jurisdiction of those operations by the state. 05/05/2015
SR 220 Recognizing February 24, 2015, as Viva San Antonio Day. 02/24/2015
SB 1667 Relating to the powers and duties of, and the application of the professional prosecutors law to, the county attorney of Guadalupe County and to abolishing the office of district attorney of the 25th Judicial District. 03/23/2015
SB 538 Relating to the control of infectious diseases. 05/12/2015
SB 6 Relating to public school performance ratings. 04/28/2015
SR 530 In memory of Lucy Coffey. 04/13/2015
SR 681 Recognizing the opening of the Texas Public Policy Foundation's new headquarters. 05/05/2015
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 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 4 Relating to a franchise or insurance premium tax credit for contributions made to certain educational assistance organizations; adding provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 05/05/2015
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
SB 688 Relating to the continuation and functions of the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. 02/25/2015
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 439 Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons. 02/10/2015
SB 516 Relating to increasing the period of time for exempting freeport goods 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
SR 97 Recognizing February 4, 2015, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day. 02/04/2015
SB 211 Relating to the continuation and functions of the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. 02/25/2015
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
SR 627 Recognizing Young Conservatives of Texas on the occasion of its 35th anniversary. 04/27/2015
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 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
SR 519 Recognizing April 8, 2015, as Texas Home School Day. 04/08/2015
SR 398 Extending condolences to the families of the missing students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico. 03/19/2015

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