Bills of Interest Not Passing
The following is a list of bills that were tracked by the Office of Governmental Relations that did not pass:
HB 9 by
Crownover - Relating to the elimination of
smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Last Action: 5-23-07 Set on Senate Intent calendar
HB 10
by Chavez - Relating
to certain gaming activity conducted by an Indian tribe or tribal organization.
Last Action: 5-03-07 House failed passage to 3rd reading
HB 13
by Swinford - Relating
to homeland security issues, including border security issues and homeland
security staffing requirements; making an appropriation.
Last Action: 5-25-07 House point(s) of order sustained by Rep. Burnam,
Lon (D-90)
HB 39
by Paxton - Relating
to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of
higher education.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Left Pending in House State Affairs
HB 42
by Paxton - Relating
to the electronic database of major state contracts.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Senate Government Organization filed committee report
HB 49
by Chavez - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 50
by Chavez -
Relating to the residency requirements for tuition and fee exemptions for
certain military personnel and their children.
Last Action: 1-29-07 - Referred to House Defense
Affairs and State-Federal Relations
HB 59
by Isett - Relating
to the management, security, and protection of personal information and
governmental records; providing a criminal penalty.
Last Action: 4-17-07 - Left pending
in House
Business and Industry Committee
HB 67
by Leibowitz -
Relating to energy-saving devices and options for vending machines in buildings
owned or leased by the state; imposing an administrative fine.
Last Action: 4-03-07 - Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 72
by Hill - Relating
to reporting of gifts of cash or a cash equivalent to public officials.
Last Action: 3-08-07 - House
Elections hearing set for 03/14/2007.
HB 78
by Branch - Relating
to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general
academic teaching institutions.
Last Action: 2-26-07 Left Pending in House Higher Education Committee
HB 94
by Martinez - Relating
to employer contributions for certain employed retirees under the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 1-29-07 Referred to House Pensions and Investments Committee
HB 104
by Riddle - Relating
to information required to establish resident status in connection with tuition
and fees charged by public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Left pending in House State Affairs Committee
HB 116
by Brown - Relating
to limitations on the number of courses that students may drop under certain
circumstances at public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 5-10-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 122
by Dukes - Relating
to promoting the importance of higher education in public schools.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Left pending in House Public Education
HB 127
by Delisi - Relating
to the requirement that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits
provided to unlawful immigrants.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 134
by Villarreal - Relating
to the teacher certification in early childhood education.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Left pending in House Public Education
HB 139
by Jackson - Relating
to health services provided to health benefit plan enrollees by certain
out-of-network health care providers.
Last Action: 4-12-07 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 141
by Jackson - Relating
to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of
higher education.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 144
by Deshotel - Relating
to a preference in state purchasing for products from disaster areas.
Last Action: 1-30-07 Referred to House Government Reform
HB 154
by Pickett - Relating to the abolition of the Texas Transportation Commission and the
creation of a commissioner of transportation as an elected statutory state
officer.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Left pending in House Transportation
HB 159
by Zedler - Relating
to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of
higher education.
Last Action: 5-09-2007 House point(s) of order sustained by Rep. Tommy Merritt
HB 193
by Guillen - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 2-21-2007 Left pending in House Economic Development
HB 201
by Menendez - Relating
to an offense of using a wireless communication device while operating a motor
vehicle.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Left pending in House Transportation
HB 209
by Flores - Relating
to eligibility for an award through the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program.
Last Action: 5-15-2007 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB 212
by Woolley - Relating
to eliminating automatic admission to certain public institutions of higher
education based on high school grade point average.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 213
by Isett - Relating
to the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations
and the constitutional creation of three special funds to replace the economic
stabilization fund.
Last Action: 1-30-2007 Referred to House Appropriations
HB 217
by Jackson - Relating
to a landowner's repurchase of real property previously acquired by a
governmental entity through eminent domain.
Last Action: 2-21-2007 Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
HB 220
by King - Relating
to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a
concealed handgun.
Last Action: 3-28-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 225
by Paxton - Relating
to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
Last Action: 4-13-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 232
by Ritter - Relating
to employer contributions for certain retirees under the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas who are employed by an institution of higher education.
Last Action: 3-01-2007 Not heard in House Pensions and Investments
HB 236
by Alonzo - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 2-21-2007 Left pending in House Economic Investment
HB 237
by Alonzo - Relating
to a study and report concerning predicted faculty retirement at general
academic teaching institutions.
Last Action: 1-31-2007 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 250
by Riddle - Relating
to the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations.
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Re-referred to House Appropriations
HB 253
by Smith - Relating
to the authority of the Department of Public Safety and certain local law
enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to
determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated.
Last Action: 4-02-2007 Left pending in House Law Enforcement
HB 260
by Callegari - Relating
to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use
of surplus state revenues.
Last Action: 1-31-2007 Referred to House Appropriations
HB 262
by Coleman - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action:
2-21-2007 Left pending in House Economic Development
HB 266
by Anchia - Relating
to the designation of certain election days as state holidays.
Last Action: 2-28-2007 Left pending in House Elections
HB 268
by Anchia - Relating
to coverage for prescription contraceptive drugs and devices and related
services under certain standard health benefit plans.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 270
by Anchia - Relating
to the use of the Texas emerging technology fund and other incentives to
promote new energy technology; imposing a tax.
Last Action: 1-31-2007 Referred to House Appropriations Subcommittee on Regulatory
HB 277
by Madden - Relating
to the creation and operation of a state virtual school network to provide
education to students through electronic means.
Last Action: 4-27-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 291
by Jackson - Relating
to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental entities
to participate in the federal work authorization program; providing a penalty.
Last Action: 4-16-2007 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 293
by Farrar - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for reconstructive surgery following
mastectomy.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 305 by
Farrar - Relating
to the prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation or gender identity.
Last Action: 1-31-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 317
by Miller - Relating
to the student enrollment required for the issuance of certain revenue bonds
for facilities at Texas A&M University--Central Texas.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by the Governor
HB 327
by Leibowitz - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 2-21-2007 Left pending in House Economic Developments
HB 338
by Leibowitz - Relating
to the collection and reporting of employment information regarding
beneficiaries of certain health care services and employee health benefit plan
coverage.
Last Action: 1-31-2007 Referred to House Insurance
HB 345
by Flynn - Relating
to the collateralization of certain public funds.
Last Action: 5-15-2007 Referred to Senate Finance
HB 350
by Vo - Relating
to retirement benefits for members of the elected class of the Employees
Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 5-04-2007 Sent to House Local/Consent calendar
HB 351
by Anchia - Relating
to prohibiting a grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund to a recipient who
employs an undocumented worker.
Last Action: 2-01-2007 Referred to House Economic Development
HB 354
by Howard - Relating
to estimating the rate of growth of the state's economy for purposes of the
constitutional spending limit.
Last Action: 3-04-2007 Re-referred to House Appropriations
HB 355
by Herrero - Relating
to a franchise tax credit for wages paid to graduates of certain institutions
of higher education.
Last Action: 4-04-2007 Left pending in House Ways and Means
HB 360
by Strauss - Relating
to venue in civil actions brought under the federal Employer's Liability Act or
the Jones Act.
Last Action: 2-01-2007 Referred to House Civil Practices
HB 375
by Anchia - Relating
to the development of a state strategy for increasing the availability of
low-emission automotive fuels for Texas drivers.
Last Action: 4-11-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 381 by
Allen - Relating
to the use of public junior colleges to provide training to state agency
employees.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 383
by Bonnen - Relating
to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic admission to an
institution of higher education to maintain that status for transferring
between institutions in certain circumstances.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 390
by Callegari - Relating
to the eminent domain authority of The University of Texas System.
Last Action: 2-01-2007 Referred to House Government Reform
HB 393
by Menendez - Relating
to reporting of gifts to public officials; imposing a penalty.
Last Action: 2-01-2007 Referred to House Elections
HB 396
by Cook - Relating
to the development of a standard method of computing a student's high school
grade point average.
Last Action: 4-03-2007 Referred to Senate Education
HB 400
by Goolsby - Relating
to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an
institution of higher education.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 415
by Eissler - Relating
to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to a general academic
teaching institution that is a component institution of a university system.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 419
by McClendon - Relating
to divestment by the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas of certain investments related to the Republic of
Sudan.
Last Action: 2-01-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 447
by Callegari - Relating
to contracts by governmental entities for construction projects and related
professional services and to public works performance and payment bonds.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by the Governor
HB 451
by Thompson - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 2-21-2007 Left pending in House Economic Development
HB 459
by Miller - Relating
to the removal, relocation, or alteration of certain monuments or memorials on
state property.
Last Action: 3-21-2007 Postponed until 7-04-2007
HB 467
by Pickett - Relating
to an energy efficiency products pilot program.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Regulated Industries
HB 469
by Phillips - Relating
to computation of the standard service annuity under the Teacher Retirement
System of Texas.
Last Action: 3-08-2007 Left pending in House Pensions and Investments
HB 471
by Solomons - Relating
to the cost of obtaining copies of an injured employee's medical records for
use by an ombudsman under the office of injured employee counsel's ombudsman
program.
Last Action: 3-06-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 497
by Madden - Relating
to resolution of disputes arising under certain construction contracts.
Last Action: 5-19-2007 Senate State Affairs filed committee report
HB 499
by Castro - Relating
to the minimum height required for guardrails on bridges or overpasses.
Last Action: 3-06-2007 Left pending in House Transportation
HB 500
by Castro - Relating
to notice to certain public school high school seniors and their parents or
guardians of automatic college admission.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 501
by Castro - Relating
to a survey to monitor the postsecondary education plans of seniors at public
high schools.
Last Action: 2-05-2007 Referred to House Public Education
HB 506
by Bailey - Relating
to the regulation of the practice of construction and program management for
capital improvement projects of school districts.
Last Action: 2-05-2007 Referred to House Licensing and Administrative Procedures
HB 510
by Farabee - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for certain mental disorders in children.
Last Action: 4-30-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 511
by Farabee - Relating
to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a
concealed handgun.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Law Enforcement
HB 514
by Farabee - Relating
to providing a discounted rate for electricity provided to school districts.
Last Action: 2-22-2007 Left pending in House Regulated Industries
HB 533
by Dukes - Relating
to a prescription drug retail price registry and disclosure of a list of
prescription drug retail prices.
Last Action:
2-06-2007 Referred to House Public Health
HB 537
by Thompson - Relating
to research using human cells and tissues.
Last Action: 4-13-2007 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 540
by Martinez Fischer - Relating
to the creation of a hotline to report suspected incidents of impaired driving
or dangerous driving.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Law Enforcment
HB 543
by Strama - Relating
to the eligibility of certain adjunct faculty members of public institutions of
higher education to participate in a state group benefits program.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Insurance
HB 544
by Strama - Relating
to reduced tuition and fees for certain junior college district students who
reside outside of the district.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by Governor
HB 571
by Gonzales - Relating
to retirement benefits for certain teachers.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 580
by Deshotel - Relating
to the adoption of an alternative base period for computation of unemployment
compensation benefits.
Last Action: 3-21-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 581
by Aycock - Relating
to the student enrollment required for Texas A&M University--Central Texas
to operate as a general academic teaching institution.
Last Action:
6-15-2007 Vetoed by Governor
HB 592
by Escobar - Relating
to the amounts to be appropriated for the state contribution to the teacher
retirement program for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Appropriations.
HB 598
by Guillen - Relating
to publishing notice of certain agreements with state agencies in the Texas
Register.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform.
HB 601
by Thompson - Relating
to the requirement that state agencies identify and address adverse human
health and environmental effects on minority populations and low-income
populations.
Last Action: 4-24-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform.
HB 612
by Branch - Relating
to participation by private or independent institutions of higher education in
the tuition equalization grant program
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 614
by Quintanilla - Relating
to requiring a standard change interval for a yellow signal at intersections at
which a municipality uses a photographic traffic monitoring system to enforce
compliance with a traffic-control signal.
Last Action: 5-18-2007 Left pending in Senate Transportation and Homeland Security
HB 623
by Chavez - Relating
to the residency requirements for tuition and fee exemptions for certain
military personnel and their dependents
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
HB 639
by Hughes - Relating
to information included in legislative appropriations requests of state agencies
and in the budgets submitted by the governor and the Legislative Budget Board.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Appropriations
HB 640
by Hughes - Relating
to the online posting of expenditures by state agencies.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 641
by Coleman - Relating
to application of the minimum wage to certain governmental entities.
Last Action: 4-12-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 647
by McCall - Relating
to the making and acceptance of political contributions by statewide officers
and members of the legislature before and during a special session; providing a
criminal penalty.
Last Action: 5-18-2007 Senate State Affairs Committee
HB 656
by Coleman - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with certain mental disorders.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Insurance
HB 659
by Coleman - Relating
to coverage of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as serious mental illnesses
under certain group health benefit plans.
Last Action:
2-06-2007 Referred to House Insurance
HB 663
by Dukes - Relating
to the performance of a private commercial contractor that provides a service
of a state agency.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 664
by Dukes - Relating
to the adequacy of health maintenance organization health care delivery
networks and availability of preferred provider benefits; providing penalties.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 House Insurance Substitute offered
HB 665
by Dukes - Relating
to the sharing of client information among certain state agencies.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 667
by Van Arsdale - Relating
to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business
entities doing business in Sudan.
Last Action: 2-06-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 668
by Dukes - Relating
to the office of inspector general.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 685
by Orr - Relating
to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
Last Action: 4-19-2007 Referred to Senate Finance
HB 695
by Villarreal - Relating
to the effect of changes in high school enrollment on the eligibility of a
graduating high school student for automatic admission to a general academic
teaching institution.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 699
by Turner - Relating
to the confidentiality of certain information involving real estate
transactions of the School Land Board, Veterans' Land Board, General Land
Office, or land commissioner.
Last Action: 3-16-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 706
by Thompson - Relating
to equal access to places of public accommodation.
Last Action: 4-04-2007 Left pending in House Civil Practices
HB 712 by
Noriega - Relating
to the residency requirements for tuition and fee exemptions for certain
military personnel and their dependents.
Last Action: 4-11-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 722
by Burnam - Relating
to the establishment of a global warming task force
Last Action: 3-08-2007 Left pending in House Energy Resources
HB 734
by Chisum - Relating
to contingent payment clauses in certain construction contracts.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 SB 324 considered in lieu of HB 734.
HB 752
by Dutton - Relating
to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain
school activities of the employee's child.
Last Action: 2-20-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 753
by Dutton - Relating
to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons
affecting the education of the employee's child.
Last Action: 2-20-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 754
by Dutton - Relating
to payment of wages to certain employees who miss work to perform jury duty;
providing a criminal penalty.
Last Action: 4-12-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 756
by Dutton - Relating
to the Commission for Affordable and Accessible Health Benefit Plan Coverage.
Last Action: 4-24-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 756
by Dutton - Relating
to exempting certain general academic teaching institutions from the
requirement that certain high school graduates be granted automatic admission.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 795
by Dutton - Relating
to an exemption from or refund of tuition and fees for lower-division students
enrolled in a general academic teaching institution who maintain a high
grade-point average.
Last Action: 2-07-2007 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 796
by Dutton - Relating
to property purchased or leased by a charter school using funds other than
state funds.
Last Action: 2-07-2007 Referred to House Public Education
HB 811
by Dutton - Relating
to governmental liability.
Last Action: 4-11-2007 Removed from the agenda
HB 813
by Dutton - Relating
to discovery procedures for a claim against a governmental entity under the
Texas Tort Claims Act.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Left pending in House Civil Practices
HB 826
by Anchia - Relating
to the use of motion sensor technology in certain state buildings, public
school facilities, and higher education facilities.
Last Action: 3-05-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 827
by Anchia - Relating
to the purchase of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by state agencies.
Last Action: 4-30-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 834
by Dutton - Relating
to limiting the tuition rates that certain public institutions of higher
education may charge to resident students.
Last Action: 2-07-2007 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 836
by Davis - Relating
to excepting the birth date of a governmental official or employee and certain
other information that could be used for the purpose of identity theft from
required disclosure under the public information law.
Last Action:
2-07-2007 Referred to House State Affairs
HB 841
by Raymond - Relating
to leave for junior college district or university system employees who are
physically assaulted while on duty.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 894
by Raymond - Relating
to faculty compensation policies at institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 2-08-2007 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 897
by McClendon - Relating
to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their
dependents.
Last Action: 4-11-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 900
by Villarreal - Relating
to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or
gender identity or expression.
Last Action: 4-07-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 908
by Zedler - Relating
to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental entities
to verify employee information through the federal work authorization program.
Last Action: 2-08-2007 Referred to
House Government Reform
HB 919 by
Eissler - Relating
to coverage for certain mental disorders in children under a health coverage
plan established by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas under the Texas
School Employees Uniform Group Health Coverage Act.
Last Action: 3-05-2007 Left pending in
House Insurance
HB 936
by Burman - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 2-21-2007 Left pending in
House Economic Development
HB 939
by Naishtat - Relating
to the creation of the individual development account program to provide
savings incentives and opportunities to eligible low-income individuals and
households.
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 956
by Hochbery - Relating
to reducing the cost of college textbooks; providing a penalty.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 960
by Herrero - Relating
to a policy regulating the use of the textbooks required for certain courses
offered by public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 962
by Krusee - Relating
to the rate of the state gasoline and diesel fuel taxes.
Last Action: 2-28-2007 Left pending in House Ways and Means
HB 970
by Christian - Relating
to the adoption of state agency rules that impose certain costs on local
governments or persons.
Last Action: 5-02-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 982
by Corte - Relating
to disclosure of certain information related to the exercise of the power of
eminent domain.
Last Action: 4-27-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 992
by Rose - Relating
to certain rights and liabilities of an employer regarding an employee's access
to a concealed handgun.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 999
by Anchia - Relating
to the adoption of energy efficiency and conservation standards for the design,
construction, and renovation of public school instructional facilities.
Last Action: 3-08-2007 Left pending in House Energy Resources
HB 1002
by Giddings - Relating
to intensive preparation academies to prepare public school students to take a
state exit-level assessment instrument.
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Left pending in House Public Education
HB 1004
by Giddings - Relating
to the right of an injured employee to time off from work for treatment of a
compensable injury; providing an administrative penalty.
Last Action: 3-20-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 1007
by Van Arsdale - Relating
to an electronic database of grant assistance provided by state agencies.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 1021
by Leibowitz - Relating
to ensuring that at least 75 percent of dedicated revenues are spent for the
purpose of the dedication.
Last Action: 2-12-2007 Referred to House Appropriations
HB 1037
by Farabee - Relating
to certain rights and liabilities of an employer regarding an employee's access
to a firearm.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Left pending in House Law Enforcement
HB 1056
by Truitt - Relating
to creation of a minimum data set for the collection of information on health
professionals by the statewide health coordinating council.
Last Action: 4-24-2007 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
HB 1069
by Zedler - Relating
to required disclosures to health benefit plan enrollees regarding professional
services provided by certain non-network health care providers; providing
penalties.
Last Action: 3-19-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1073
by Gonzales - Relating
to ethics training for legislators and certain other state officers and
employees.
Last Action: 2-12-2007 Referred to House Elections
HB 1078
by Rose - Relating
to working papers and electronic communications of State Office of
Administrative Hearings administrative law judges.
Last Action: 3-15-2007 Sent to House Local/Consent Calendar
HB 1088
by Swinford - Relating
to the definition of "biodiesel" as a component of motor fuel.
Last Action: 2-12-2007 Referred to House Agriculture and Livestock
HB 1089
by Raymond - Relating
to civil actions against persons who file complaints with governmental agencies
or quasi-governmental entities.
Last Action: 4-20-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1099
by Lucio - Relating
to the establishment of a school of law at The University of Texas at
Brownsville.
Last Action: 4-23-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 1104
by Paxton - Relating
to the duration of judgment liens in favor of the state.
Last Action: 4-03-2007 Laid on the table
HB 1105
by McClendon - Relating
to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, including
an adjustment to the standard service retirement annuity.
Last Action: 4-19-2007 Referred to Senate State Affairs
HB 1106
by Lucio - Relating
to considering ownership interests of disabled veterans and recipients of the
Purple Heart in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized
business for purposes of state contracting.
Last Action: 4-20-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1128
by Coleman - Relating
to coverage of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as serious mental illnesses
under certain group health benefit plans.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1130
by Leibowitz - Relating
to civil actions against persons who file complaints with governmental
agencies.
Last Action: 2-28-2007 Left pending in House Civil Practices
HB 1135
by Farabee - Relating
to certain incentives offered in relation to an accident and health insurance
policy for participation in health promotion or disease prevention programs.
Last Action: 2-12-2007 Referred to House Insurance
HB 1151
by Eiland - Relating
to the responsibility of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston to
provide health care services to certain residents.
Last Action: 2-12-2007 Referred to House Public Health
HB 1152
by Eiland - Relating
to enforcement of certain insurance provisions in and related to construction
contracts.
Last Action: 3-07-2007 Left pending in House Civil Practices
HB 1153
by Eiland - Relating
to indigent health care.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Removed from agenda.
HB 1163
by Gallego - Relating
to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for
the spouses of certain military personnel.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House State Affairs and State-Federal
Relations
HB 1169
by Coleman - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for certain physical injuries that are
self-inflicted by a minor.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1173
by Coleman - Relating
to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations to fund
capital projects at public institutions of higher education; making an
appropriation.
Last Action: 3-19-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 1182
by Davis - Relating
to the provision of a preference in certain governmental purchasing decision
for vendors or contractors that provide health care benefits to employees.
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 1185
by Morrison - Relating
to the sale of facilities of public institutions of higher education to real
estate investment trusts.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 1186
by Morrison - Relating
to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic
teaching institutions.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB 1205
by Keffer - Relating
to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee
who is a volunteer emergency responder.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by the Governor
HB 1208
by Keffer - Relating
to the submission of uniform financial reports.
Last Action: 2-13-2007 Referred to House Government Reform
HB 1213
by Pitts - Relating
to mutual assistance agreements entered into by certain municipalities and
private institutions of higher education for the purpose of enforcing state law
and to additional powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers employed
by private institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 5-17-2007 Left pending in Senate Education
HB 1224
by Davis - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for enrollees with autism spectrum disorder.
Last Action:
5-10-2007 Set on House Floor Calendar for 5/10/2007
HB 1227
by Smithee - Relating
to the regulation of health benefit plan issuers and dissemination of
information to patients, physicians, and other providers.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1233
by Branch - Relating
to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of
North Texas System.
Last Action: 4-23-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 1238
by Noriega - Relating
to the operation of a student health center at an institution of higher
education.
Last Action: 5-08-2007 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
HB 1247
by Taylor - Relating
to workers' compensation subclaims.
Last Action: 2-13-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1249
by Villarreal - Relating
to the eligibility of certain transfer students for a TEXAS grant.
Last Action: 4-30-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed.
HB 1255
by Isett - Relating
to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
Last Action: 2-20-2007 Left pending in House Regulated Industries.
HB 1259
by Martinez - Relating
to a cost of living increase applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 3-15-2007 Left pending in House Pensions and Investments.
HB 1262
by Martinez - Relating
to civil liability for the breach of security of certain computerized data
containing sensitive personal information.
Last Action: 2-14-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry.
HB 1285
by Zedler - Relating
to accreditation requirements for certain workers' compensation insurers and
self-insurers.
Last Action: 5-11-2007 House failed passage to engrossment
HB 1291
by Hochberg - Relating
to the clean school bus program.
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Left pending in House Environmental Regulation
HB 1299
by Strama - Relating
to governmental liability for a violation of the federal Americans with
Disabilities Act.
Last Action: 3-23-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1300
by Strama - Relating
to allowing certain military personnel to receive certain federal and state
higher education benefits concurrently.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
HB 1301
by Zedler - Relating
to the appointment of an attorney for a workers' compensation claimant in
certain judicial review proceedings initiated by a workers' compensation
insurance carrier.
Last Action: 2-14-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1306
by Taylor - Relating
to workers' compensation subclaims.
Last Action:
4-05-2007 House Business and Industry substitute offered
HB 1315
by Bailey - Relating
to the qualifications of a person in the chain of command over fire protection
personnel.
Last Action: 4-23-2007 Re-referred to House Urban Affairs
HB 1328
by Smith - Relating
to political contributions and expenditures; providing a criminal penalty.
Last Action: 2-14-2007 Referred to House Elections
HB 1335
by Bohac - Relating
to the Texas emissions reduction plan, including the motor vehicle purchase or
lease incentive program under the plan
Last Action: 4-10-2007 Left pending in House Environment Regulation
HB 1339
by Menendez - Relating
to the eligibility for education benefits of surviving minor children of
certain public employees killed in the line of duty.
Last Action: 4-12-2007 Not heard in House Pensions and Investments
HB 1348
by Thompson - Relating
to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
Last Action: 2-20-2007 Left pending in House Regulated Industries
HB 1349
by Burnam - Relating
to a prohibition against institutions of higher education entering into certain
contracts regarding the development or production of nuclear weapons.
Last Action: 4-16-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 1358
by Gattis - Relating
to the definition of private or independent institution of higher education
applicable to certain statutes.
Last Action: 5-14-2007 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB 1363
by McReynolds - Relating
to a risk assessment program for Type 2 diabetes and the creation of the Type 2
Diabetes Risk Assessment Program Advisory Committee.
Last Action: 2-19-2007 Referred to House Public Health
HB 1367
by Madden - Relating
to access to the criminal history record information of students, prospective students,
and prospective employees by certain public or private postsecondary
educational institutions.
Last Action: 4-23-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 1375
by Peña - Relating
to making an appropriation to The University of Texas Health Science Center at
San Antonio for the purpose of supporting the Regional Academic Health Center.
Last Action: 2-19-2007 Referred to House Appropriations
HB 1378
by Smith - Relating
to the creation and administration of the public school mathematics and science
teachers undergraduate education scholarship program.
Last Action: 4-16-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 1392
by Turner - Relating
to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special
education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting
the education of the child.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Referred to Senate Business and Commerce
HB 1395
by Guillen - Relating
to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 2-19-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 1405
by Flores - Relating
to the operation of video lottery games for this state to provide additional
money to fund governmental programs; the creation, powers, and duties of the
Texas Gaming and Boxing Commission; the powers and duties of the Texas Lottery
Commission, the Texas Racing Commission, and the Texas Commission of Licensing
and Regulation, and the regulation of gambling activities in this state; making
an appropriation; providing penalties.
Last Action: 2-19-2007 Referred to House Licensing and Administrative Procedures
HB 1409
by Cook - Relating
to the procedure for the initiation of and the award of certain costs in
eminent domain proceedings.
Last Action: 2-28-2007 Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
HB 1410
by Keffer - Relating
to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund
Last Action: 2-19-2007 Referred to House Regulated Industries
HB 1427
by Alonzo - Relating
to an optometry career program at the University of Houston.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by the Governor
HB 1429
by Alonzo - Relating
to the coverage by certain health benefit plans of mammograms performed by
certain health care providers.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1430
by Alonzo - Relating
to the creation of the Bureau for Economic Development and Hispanic Studies.
Last Action: 4-19-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1431
by Alonzo - Relating
to the establishment of the Sustainable Water Supply Research Center at The
University of Texas at Arlington.
Last Action: 5-15-2007 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB 1434
by Rose - Relating
to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales
tax for a limited period.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 1436
by Rose - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of eating
disorders.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1437
by Coleman - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for acute or chronic medical conditions.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1438
by Oliveira - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for certain tests for the early detection of
cardiovascular disease.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1444
by Guillen - Relating
to an increase applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas.
Last Action: 2-19-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 1445
by Noriega - Relating
to an exemption from tuition and mandatory fees for certain members of the
Texas National Guard.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State/Federal
HB 1464
by Zedler - Relating
to peer reviews of health care services performed under the workers'
compensation system.
Last Action: 2-20-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1465
by Zedler - Relating
to the payment of benefits under an interlocutory order under the workers'
compensation system
Last Action: 2-20-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1467
by Deshotel - Relating
to reservations of the state ceiling and priority carryforward classifications
for certain projects under the private activity bond allocation program.
Last Action: 5-23-2007 Removed from Senate Local/Consent calendar
HB 1477
by Turner - Relating
to reimbursement under preferred provider benefit plans for services provided by
licensed podiatrists.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1486
by Naishtat - Relating
to the establishment of the stem cell research program.
Last Action: 4-13-2007 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 1489
by Woolley - Relating
to the use of certain surplus revenue in the unemployment compensation fund.
Last Action: 4-19-2007 Laid on the table
HB 1520
by Coleman - Relating
to student fees at Texas Southern University.
Last Action: 4-16-2007 Left pending in House Higher Education
HB 1533
by Homer - Relating
to a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
Last Action: 4-13-2007 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 1536
by Homer - Relating
to job order contracts entered into by school districts, public institutions of
higher education, navigation districts, and certain other governmental
entities.
Last Action: 3-05-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 1556
by Pickett - Relating
to the management of certain public land.
Last Action: 5-08-2007 Postponed until 05/29/2007
HB 1568
by Goolsby - Relating
to the selection by certain governmental entities of providers of landscape
architectural services.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Not heard in House Government Reform
HB 1580
by Thompson - Relating
to excepting dates of birth of employees of governmental bodies from required
disclosure under the public information law.
Last Action: 2-22-2007 Referred to House State Affairs
HB 1600
by Thompson - Relating
to a study concerning maximum lifetime benefit limits under health benefit plan
coverage applicable to hemophilia-related services, supplies, pharmaceuticals,
and biologics.
Last Action: 4-12-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1604
by Zedler - Relating
to the identification information required of applicants for a driver's license
or for certain public benefits, public services, or governmental employment.
Last Action: 5-01-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1613
by Gattis - Relating
to the delivery of prescription drugs for certain state health plans by mail
order; providing an administrative penalty.
Last Action: 5-23-2007 Set on Senate Intent calendar for 05/23/2007
HB 1635
by Dukes - Relating
to agreements for the automatic admission to public institutions of higher
education of certain undergraduate transfer students and to reports by those
institutions of information relating to the transfer students.
Last Action: 2-22-2007 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 1650
by Leibowitz - Relating
to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic teaching institutions and
public lower-division institutions of higher education to certain undergraduate
students.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 1664
by Zedler - Relating
to the designated doctor's examination under the workers' compensation system.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1668
by Aycock - Relating
to the issuance of revenue bonds to fund facilities at Texas A&M
University--Central Texas.
Last Action: 4-26-2007 Referred to Senate Finance
HB 1685
by McClendon - Relating
to exemptions from employer contributions for certain employed retirees under
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 1690
by Bailey Relating
to the provision of a preference in certain state and school district
construction contracts for contractors that provide health benefits to
employees.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Government Reform
HB 1702
by Howard - Relating
to restrictions on the automatic renewal of contracts.
Last Action: 5-10-2007 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 1713
by Allen - Relating
to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 1729
by Leibowitz - Relating
to exempting textbooks for university and college courses from the sales tax.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Ways and Means
HB 1730
by Leibowitz - Relating
to the enforceability of certain contracts between an employer who does not
have workers' compensation coverage and an employee of the employer.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 1731
by Leibowitz - Relating
to reporting requirements for employers not covered by workers' compensation
insurance.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1740
by Cohen - Relating
to the requirements for preconstruction permit renewals.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Environmental Regulation
HB 1746
by Giddings - Relating
to the establishment of a school of pharmacy in the city of Dallas by the
University of North Texas System.
Last Action: 4-30-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 1757
by Hughes - Relating
to the obstruction of emergency vehicles at railroad crossings.
Last Action:
5-15-2007 Referred to Senate Transportation and Homeland Security
HB 1782
by Howard - Relating
to the applicability of across-the-board salary increases to employees of
institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 4-30-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 1783
by Howard - Relating
to the marketing of credit cards to students at a postsecondary institution and
to certain young persons; providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 5-01-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 1794
by Veasey - Relating
to an open document format for electronic state documents.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 1796
by Hochberg - Relating
to the refund of tuition and fees at institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 2-26-2007 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 1829
by Raymond - Relating
to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by institutions of
higher education; providing penalties.
Last Action: 4-13-2007 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 1843
by Allen - Relating
to the authority of a school district to implement a monitoring system that
records images of vehicles that pass a stopped school bus; providing for the
imposition of civil penalties.
Last Action: 2-27-2007 Referred to House Public Education
HB 1858
by Murphy - Relating
to the computation of public high school grade point averages.
Last Action: 2-27-2007 Referred to House Public Education
HB 1870
by Delisi - Relating
to authorizing certain state elected officials to conduct a marriage ceremony.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Left pending in House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
HB 1877
by Delisi - Relating
to authorizing certain state elected officials to conduct a marriage ceremony.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Left pending in House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
HB 1878
by Olivo - Relating
to longevity pay for certain campus peace officers employed by a state
institution of higher education or public technical institute.
Last Action: 4-23-2007 Not heard in House Higher Ed
HB 1880
by Kolkhorst - Relating
to restrictions on investments by certain public retirement systems of this
state.
Last Action: 4-19-2007 Left pending in House Pensions and Investments
HB 1890
by Raymond - Relating
to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales
tax for a limited period.
Last Action: 2-27-2007 Referred to House Ways and Means
HB 1894
by Howard - Relating
to the use of money from the permanent fund for health-related programs to
provide grants to nursing education programs.
Last Action:
4-16-2007 Left pending in House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB 1905
by Smith - Relating
to provision of health care services by health maintenance organizations and
preferred provider benefit plans.
Last Action: 3-19-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1911
by Elkins - Relating
to workers' compensation fee guidelines.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Re-referred to House Business and Industry
HB 1914
by Eiland - Relating
to certain information reporting requirements regarding workers' compensation
claims.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Not heard in House Insurance
HB 1916
by Gonzales - Relating
to requiring all public institutions of higher education to use the common
course numbering system.
Last Action: 2-28-2007 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 1940
by Zedler - Relating
to the resolution of certain medical disputes regarding workers' compensation
claims.
Last Action: 3-20-2007 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 1957
by Ortiz - Relating
to benefits under certain health benefit plans for prenatal care, birth of a
child, and postdelivery care.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 1963
by Solomons - Relating
to rules and policies adopted by state agencies regarding engineering or
architectural errors or omissions.
Last Action: 3-26-2007 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 1970
by Zedler - Relating
to workers' compensation fee guidelines and payment adjustment factors used in
conjunction with those guidelines for certain health care services.
Last Action:
4-11-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 1974
by Miller - Relating
to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers; providing administrative and
criminal penalties.
Last Action: 4-13-2007 Removed from agenda
HB 1982
by Latham - Relating
to the creation of the Public Education Management Institute of Texas.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Left pending in House Public Education
HB 1986
by Coleman - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with certain mental disorders.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 2006
by Woolley - Relating
to the use of eminent domain authority.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by the Governor
HB 2009
by Rose - Relating
to the sale of instructional materials to students of institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-12-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 2011
by Rose - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for a hospital stay following mastectomy and
certain related procedures.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 2014
by Smithee - Relating
to the operation and regulation of certain consolidated insurance programs.
Last Action: 4-25-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2016
by Smithee - Relating
to requirements for certain contracts with physicians and health care
providers.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 2031
by Giddings - Relating
to the student enrollment required for the issuance of certain revenue bonds
for facilities at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus.
Last Action:
5-10-2007 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 2039
by Callegari - Relating
to the collection of certain data for the Texas Natural Resources Information
System and the duties of the Texas Geographic Information Council.
Last Action: 5-2-2007 Laid on the table
HB 2046
by Phillips - Relating
to monthly benefits for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas who return to work.
Last Action: 5-14-2007 Left pending in Senate Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2055
by Cook - Relating
to a tuition and fee exemption available to the dependents of certain military
personnel.
Last Action: 3-27-2007 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
HB 2059
by Miles - Relating
to the right of an employee to time off from work if the employee, or a family
or household member of the employee, is a victim of family violence or a
violent felony offense.
Last Action: 4-11-2007 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2097
by Bailey - Relating
to the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of certain
individuals who perform services for educational institutions.
Last Action: 3-05-2007 Referred to House Economic Development
HB 2102
by Kolkhorst - Relating
to the abolishment of the Office of State-Federal Relations as an independent
agency and the transfer of the duties and functions of that agency to the
office of the governor.
Last Action: 3-13-2007 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
HB 2103
by Kolkhorst - Relating
to a pilot program to award scholarships to certain correctional officers
enrolled at Sam Houston State University.
Last Action: 6-15-2007 Vetoed by the Governor
HB 2107
by Chavez - Relating
to the establishment of debt management policies and guidelines by the Bond
Review Board.
Last Action: 4-16-2007 Not heard in House Financial Institutions
HB 2116
by Parker - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for home defibrillators.
Last Action: 3-06-2007 Referred to House Public Health
HB 2121
by Kolkhorst - Relating
to the amount of hazardous duty pay for certain state employees.
Last Action: 4-17-2007 Left pending in House Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal
Justice
HB 2128
by Murphy - Relating
to sexual abuse and child molestation prevention training for certain public or
private institutions of higher education employees and volunteers who work at
programs for minors.
Last Action: 5-07-2007 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB 2141
by Rose - Relating
to student members of the board of regents of a state university or state
university system.
Last Action: 4-23-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 2153
by McClendon - Relating
to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain
school-related activities of the employee's child.
Last Action: 5-10-2007 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 2161
by Villarreal - Relating
to the authority to approve schools of nursing.
Last Action: 4-16-2007 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 2172
by Ritter - Relating
to the acceptance of political contributions by candidates for and holders of
state executive and legislative offices and by specific-purpose committees
related to those candidates and officeholders and to the reporting of political
contributions and expenditures by those candidates, officeholders, and
committees and by general-purpose committees; providing a criminal penalty.
Last Action: 3-06-2007 Referred to House Elections
HB 2186
by Woolley - Relating
to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit
corporations that provide chilled water and steam to certain health-related
institutions of this state.
Last Action: 5-10-2007 Laid on the table
HB 2199
by Taylor - Relating
to payment of physicians and health care providers for care provided to persons
covered by certain health benefit plans.
Last Action: 3-19-2007 Left pending in House Insurance
HB 2208
by Gallego - Relating
to the acquisition by the Parks and Wildlife Department of certain real
property in Brewster County owned by the permanent school fund.
Last Action: 4-18-2007 Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
HB 2213
by Vo - Relating
to the use and disclosure of social security numbers by institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-07-2007 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2217
by Vo - Relating
to grants for higher education and workforce readiness programs in public
schools.
Last Action: 5-14-2007 Referred to Senate Education
HB 2225
by Giddings - Relating
to student representation on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and
certain coordinating board advisory committees.
Last Action: 5-23-2007 Removed from Senate Local/Consent calendar
HB 2233
by Corte - Relating
to information technology security practices of state agencies.
Last Action: 5-23-2007 Set on Senate Intent calendar for 05/23/2007
HB 2247
by Van Arsdale - Relating
to the cancellation of the voter registration of persons who are deceased or
not citizens of the United States.
Last Action: 5-18-2007 Not heard in Senate State Affairs
HB 2262
by Eiland - Relating
to indemnification provisions in construction contracts.
Last Action: 4-25-07 Left pending in House Civil Practices
HB 2273
by Rodriguez - Relating
to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their family
members.
Last Action:
3-27-07 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
HB 2275
by Davis - Relating
to parental access to information concerning a child's coverage under a health
benefit plan or status under certain state-funded health care programs.
Last Action:
3-07-07 Referred to House Public Health
HB 2276
by Chisum - Relating
to financing tools for certain obligations for public improvements.
Last Action: 4-24-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2279
by Strama - Relating
to the use of energy-efficient light bulbs in certain state buildings, public
school facilities, and higher education facilities.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2284
by Naishtat - Relating
to an energy-efficient building accreditation program.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2289
by West - Relating
to retirement and health insurance benefits of school district peace officers
under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 4-12-07 Left pending in House Pensions and Investments
HB 2290
by Christian - Relating
to procedures to help ensure that certain state agency actions are consistent
with the meaning and intent of applicable legislative enactments.
Last Action: 5-03-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2298
by Leibowitz - Relating
to prohibiting discrimination against certain employees who sustain an injury
in the course and scope of employment.
Last Action: 4-25-07 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 2299
by Paxton - Relating
to equipment used for irrigation systems.
Last Action: 5-07-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2305
by Talton - Relating
to the availability under the public information law of certain documents filed
with a county clerk or a district clerk.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 2314
by Rose - Relating
to the confidentiality of certain communications involving an ombudsman program
established by an employer as an alternative dispute resolution service.
Last Action: 3-08-07 Referred to House Civil Practices
HB 2329
by Smith - Relating
to the creation of consumer report cards for the comparison of health care
plans.
Last Action: 5-10-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 2331
by Parker - Relating
to the repeal of public prevailing wage rate laws.
Last Action: 3-28-07 Left pending in House Economic Development
HB 2339
by Bonnen - Relating
to authorizing certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree
programs.
Last Action: 3-26-07 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 2343
by Martinez - Relating
to providing a discounted rate for electricity provided to certain school
districts.
Last Action: 3-08-07 Referred to House Regulated Industries
HB 2369
by Morrison - Relating
to a study of developmental education provided by public institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-08-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2372
by Morrison - Relating
to the computation of a student's high school grade point average
Last Action: 5-08-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 2373
by Morrison - Relating
to the purchasing and contracting practices of junior college districts;
providing criminal penalties.
Last Action: 3-08-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2374
by Goolsby - Relating
to the attendance by a quorum of a governmental body at certain events under
the open meetings law.
Last Action: 5-09-07 Laid on the table
HB 2376
by Gattis - Relating
to the investment authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 5-03-07 Laid on the table
HB 2382
by Coleman - Relating
to the rates of tuition charged to students of institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-08-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2386
by Lucio - Relating
to establishing a health science center and medical school in the Rio Grande
Valley.
Last Action: 3-08-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2405
by Hardcastle - Relating
to paying the costs incurred by a state agency that is deployed by the governor
to respond to a natural disaster or other emergency.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Referred to Senate Transportation and Homeland Security
HB 2413
by King - Relating
to student loan repayment assistance for speech-language pathologists employed
by a public school.
Last Action: 3-12-07 Referred to House Public Education
HB 2416
by Swinford - Relating
to the use of eminent domain for highway or other transportation purposes.
Last Action: 3-12-07 Referred to House Land and Resource Management
HB 2421
by Keffer - Relating
to funding of the emergency services retirement trust fund and the statewide
wildfire protection plan.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 2422
by Leibowitz - Relating
to the accessibility of emergency crossovers on a state highway toll project.
Last Action: 5-16-07 Not heard in Senate Transportation and Homeland Security
HB 2430
by Farrar - Relating
to a discount on workers' compensation insurance premiums for employers who
elect to implement substance abuse testing of employees.
Last Action: 4-20-07 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 2443
by Callegari - Relating
to the operation, organization, and management of governmental entities,
including the repeal of certain obsolete laws.
Last Action: 5-01-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2464
by Parker - Relating
to the calculation of certain deadlines under the public information law.
Last Action: 3-12-07 Referred to House State Affairs
HB 2465
by Parker - Relating
to special notice to the news media of the meeting of a governmental body in
certain situations under the open meetings law.
Last Action: 3-12-07 Referred to House State Affairs
HB 2373
by Homer - Relating
to monthly benefits for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas who return to work.
Last Action: 3-12-07 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 2488
by Bohac - Relating
to exempting textbooks for university and college courses from the sales tax.
Last Action: 3-12-07 Referred to House Ways and Means
HB 2515
by McClendon - Relating
to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left pending in House Business and Industry
HB 2517
by Davis - Relating
to damages for certain harassment by an employer.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Economic Development
HB 2519
by Davis - Relating
to transition-to-work benefits under the workers' compensation system for
certain employees who have incurred a compensable injury.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB 2550
by Smith - Relating
to authorized investments in securities or property for foreign companies
Last Action: 5-04-07 Sent to House Local/Consent calendar
HB 2556
by Zerwas - Relating
to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for Prairie View A&M
University.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2567
by Strauss - Relating
to energy savings performance contracts.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left pending in House Regulated Industries
HB 2582
by Naishtat - Relating
to prohibiting employer retaliation against certain employees who report abuse,
neglect, or exploitation of an elderly or disabled person.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Human Services
HB 2597
by Homer - Relating
to allowing state employees and employees of a public junior college to receive
payment for a portion of accrued vacation or sick leave at a discounted rate.
Last Action: 3-26-07 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB 2604
by Miles - Relating
to planning and administration of the state's historically underutilized
business program
Last Action: 4-18-07 Sent to House Local/Consent calendar
HB 2613
by Veasey - Relating
to tuition and fees charged to employees of public institutions of higher
education and a spouse, child, or dependent of those employees.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2620
by Isett - Relating
to state facility management and maintenance practices.
Last Action: 5-10-07 Referred to Senate Government Organization
HB 2633
by Bolton - Relating
to requiring a record vote by each house or committee of the legislature on
bills, proposed constitutional amendments, amendments to bills and proposed
constitutional amendments, and certain other actions and to public notice of
the record vote.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House State Affairs
HB 2635
by Chisum - Relating
to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and
judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making
appropriations.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Appropriations
HB 2650
by Rose - Relating
to the creation and administration of the teacher, engineer, or professional
nurse undergraduate education scholarship program.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Higher Education
HB 2658
by Giddings - Relating
to the development of college preparatory mathematics and science courses for
use in public high schools.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Left pending in House Public Education
HB 2658
by Zerwas - Relating
to coverage for bariatric surgical procedures under the Texas Employees Group
Benefits Act.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB 2690
by Haggerty - Relating
to false claims against the state and actions by private persons to prosecute
those claims; providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 3-13-07 Referred to House Civil Practices
HB 2704
by Woolley - Relating
to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on
human cloning; providing penalties.
Last Action: 4-13-07 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB 2709
by Isett - Relating
to the deposit of certain public funds with federally insured financial institutions.
Last Action: 5-15-07 Referred to Senate Finance
HB 2713
by Bonnen - Relating
to an interim study concerning the state's demand for electric generation
capacity, the development of a long-term energy plan, and the effects on the
environment of electric generating facilities.
Last Action: 6-15-07 Vetoed by Governor
HB 2733
by Gattis - Relating
to the creation of an office of state contract management at the Texas Building
and Procurement Commission.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Not heard in Senate Finance
HB 2753
by McClendon - Relating
to public financing of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, including a
cost-of-living adjustment.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 2755
by Thompson - Relating
to who is a dependent for the purposes of the Texas Employees Group Benefits
Act.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House Insurance
HB 2778
by Villarreal - Relating
to increasing the number of transfer students at general academic teaching
institutions.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2781
by Coleman - Relating
to renaming the State Auditor the Texas Government Accountability Office, and
the expansion of the powers and duties of that office, including the creation
of an office of inspector general.
Last Action:
3-26-07 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB 2786
by Paxton - Relating
to the preparation of fiscal notes.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Referred to Senate Finance
HB 2790
by Burnam - Relating
to investments in environmental technologies by certain public retirement
systems in this state.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Not heard in House Pensions and Investments
HB 2801
by Garcia - Relating
to requiring a record vote by each house or committee of the legislature on
bills, proposed constitutional amendments, amendments to bills and proposed
constitutional amendments, and certain other actions and to public notice of
the record vote.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House State Affairs
HB 2804
by Garcia - Relating
to the rates of tuition charged to students of institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2805
by Garcia - Relating
to reopening enrollment in the prepaid higher education tuition program.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2828
by Taylor - Relating
to the release of a motor vehicle accident report or certain information in a
motor vehicle accident report, providing penalties.
Last Action: 5-14-07 Referred to Senate Transporation and Homeland Security
HB 2842
by Herrero - Relating
to the applicability of across-the-board salary increases to employees of
institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2845
by McClendon - Relating
to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Laid on the table
HB 2863
by Coleman - Relating
to coverage for health care for Texans.
Last Action: 3-28-07 Left pending in House Public Health
HB 2868
by Swinford - Relating
to assessment of certain insurers to fund the volunteer fire department
assistance fund.
Last Action: 5-15-07 Referred to Senate Finance
HB 2871
by Turner - Relating
to the creation and administration of the chemical dependency counselor
undergraduate and graduate education scholarship program.
Last Action:
3-14-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2880
by Homer - Relating
to monthly benefits for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas who return to work.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Not heard in Senate State Affairs
HB 2888
by Rodriguez - Relating
to retirement benefits for law enforcement officers employed and commissioned
by certain institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 4-26-07 Left pending in House Pensions and Investments
HB 2920
by Miller - Relating
to the use of a prescription drug formulary by a group health benefit plan.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Insurance
HB 2925
by Keffer - Relating
to false claims against the state and actions by the state and private persons
to prosecute those claims; providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 4-18-07 Left pending in House Civil Practices
HB 2965
by Vo - Relating
to measures to reduce faculty substitutions of certain higher education
textbooks.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2966
by Strama - Relating
to providing that dedicated revenues received from specialty license plate fees
may not be used for general governmental purposes.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Re-referred to House Appropriations
HB 2974
by Morrison - Relating
to the manner of payment of higher education tuition and fees and to the
repayment of emergency student loans.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2979
by Morrison - Relating
to a study regarding state financial assistance to students enrolled at public
institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2980
by Morrison - Relating
to refunding tuition and mandatory fees at institutions of higher education for
dropped courses and student withdrawals.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 2981
by Morrison - Relating
to the general deposit paid by a student to a public institution of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 3001
by Chisum - Relating
to verification of information disseminated by state agencies.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Government Reform
HB 3002
by Christian - Relating
to student loan repayment assistance for speech-language pathologists employed
by a rural public school.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Public Education
HB 3003
by Christian - Relating
to the investment of public funds in ways that benefit the state and local
economies and to the selection of local financial institutions for the deposit
of public funds.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Left pending in House Financial Institutions
HB 3004
by Christian - Relating
to the investment of public funds, including making investments in ways that
benefit the state and local economies, and to the selection of local financial
institutions for the deposit of public funds.
Last Action:
4-16-07 Left pending in House Financial Institutions
HB 3013
by Bolton - Relating
to the charges for certain public information maintained by a government body.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Not heard in House State Affairs
HB 3014
by Martinez - Relating
to employer and retiree contributions for certain employed retirees under the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB 3036
by Delisi - Relating
to tuition and fee exemptions for the spouses of certain military personnel.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
Relations
HB 3037
by Delisi - Relating
to employment leave to comply with certain family or medical obligations;
providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 5-10-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB 3047
by Martinez Fischer - Relating
to information provided to parents of public school students regarding
financial aid for postsecondary education.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Public Education
HB 3051
by Martinez Fischer - Relating
to subsidies relating to Spanish language college advanced placement tests.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Public Education
HB 3057
by Callegari - Relating
to the acquisition of real property for public use.
Last Action: 5-26-07 House point(s) of order sustained by Rep. Yvonne Davis
HB 3061
by Pena - Relating
to the creation and administration of the professional nurse graduate education
scholarship program.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB 3062
by Pena - Relating
to exempting textbooks for university and college courses from the sales tax.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Ways and Means
HB
3065 by Truitt - Relating to a study on increasing the number of
medical residency programs, medical residents, and physicians practicing
medical specialties in this state.
Last Action: 4-11-07 Not heard in House Public Health
HB
3075 by Howard - Relating to the transfer of course credit between public
and private institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3080 by Hildebran - Relating to funding of the tuition equalization grant
program.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3087 by Phillips - Relating to the development of applied mathematics and
science courses for use in public high schools.
Last Action: 3-28-07 Left pending in House Public Education
HB
3120 by Miles - Relating
to automatic admission to institutions of higher education for children of
certain public servants killed in the line of duty.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3126 by Callegari - Relating to the planning and management of state
telecommunications services by the Department of Information Resources.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to House Government Reform
HB
3139 by Menendez - Relating to criminal history checks for state employees,
applicants for state employment, and certain other persons who may perform work
for the state.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB
3161 by Ortiz - Relating
to advisory committees that recommend entities receive grants from the Texas
Enterprise Fund and the Texas emerging technology fund.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Sent
to House Calendars committee
HB
3163 by Ortiz - Relating
to the proportional distribution of money from the Texas Enterprise Fund and
the Texas emerging technology fund to different regions in this state.
Last Action: 4-04-07 Left
pending in House Economic Development
HB
3168 by Swinford - Relating to incentives for biofuel production,
distribution, and use in this state.
Last Action: 5-24-07 Failed
to suspend rules
HB
3172 by Talton - Relating to limits on the appropriations by the
Legislature.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Re-referred
to House Appropriations
HB
3201 by Brown - Relating
to the regulation of certain postsecondary degrees and of private educational
institutions or other persons offering to confer such degrees, and to the use
of those degrees by a person for certain purposes.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred
to House Higher Ed
HB
3213 by Rodriguez - Relating to the consolidation of state vehicle fleets.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred
to House Government Reform
HB
3215 by Branch - Relating to the eligibility of private or independent
institutions of higher education to participate in the advanced research
program administered by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Last Action: 5-10-07 Referred
to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB
3218 by Elkins - Relating to state agency rules affecting small businesses.
Last Action: 4-11-07 Left
pending in House Economic Development
HB
3224 by Murphy - Relating to creating a database of and issuing
identification cards to certain essential first responder personnel who operate
or restore critical infrastructure.
Last Action: 4-24-07 Left
pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations
HB
3227 by Branch - Relating to the payment of a fee or penalty imposed by a
public hospital owned or operated by a governmental unit for the parking of a
vehicle operated by or for the transportation of a person with a disability.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Transportation
HB
3234 by Alonzo - Relating to the requirement that governmental entities
give preference to Texas-based companies in awarding certain financial services
contracts.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Left
pending in House Government Reform
HB
3239 by McClendon - Relating to an option to participate in the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas by a member of the optional retirement program.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Pensions and Investments
HB
3240 by Strauss - Relating to building energy performance standards.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Regulated Industries
HB
3241 by Strauss - Relating to energy efficiency incentive programs administered
by electric utilities.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left
pending in House Regulated Industries
HB
3242 by Strauss - Relating to this state's goal for electric energy
efficiency.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Regulated Industries
HB
3244 by Strauss - Relating to energy efficiency incentive programs
administered by electric utilities.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Regulated Industries
HB
3245 by Strauss - Relating to electric energy efficiency goals and programs.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Regulated Industries
HB
3253 by Pitts - Relating
to judicial review regarding issues other than compensability or income or
death benefits under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Business and Industry
HB
3254 by Pitts - Relating
to prohibiting employers from requiring employees to make certain charitable
contributions.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Economic Development
HB
3260 by Branch - Relating to the establishment of a center for the study of
advanced instructional methods.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Set
on House floor calendar for 05/10/2007
HB
3278 by Isett - Relating
to the collection of delinquent obligations owed to the state.
Last Action: 4-18-07 Left
pending in House Ways and Means
HB
3279 by Isett - Relating
to group health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with certain mental
disorders.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left
pending in House Insurance
HB
3280 by Isett - Relating
to treatment of pharmaceutical services provided through specialty and mail
order pharmacy services operated under contracts between governmental entities
and pharmacy benefit managers.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Public Health
HB
3282 by Branch - Relating to the authority of issuers to enter into
contracts for services in connection with the issuance of public securities.
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred
to Senate Finance
HB
3302 by Davis - Relating
to the use of eminent domain authority for the purpose of the acquisition of
real property for public use.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Higher Ed
HB
3303 by Davis - Relating
to a research and program to focus on eliminating achievement gaps among
minority students.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Higher Ed
HB
3324 by Escobar - Relating to financial aid.
Last Action: 5-07-07 Left
pending House Higher Ed
HB
3326 by Flores - Relating to authorizing the operation of video lottery
games by licensed horse and greyhound racetrack operators, to the operation of
video lottery by Indian tribes, to the authority of the Texas Lottery
Commission and the Texas Racing Commission, and to the conduct of gambling in
this state; providing penalties.
Last Action: 5-01-07 House
Licensing and Administrative Procedures hearing cancelled
HB
3334 by Frost - Relating
to the amount of hazardous duty pay for certain state employees.
Last Action: 4-17-07 Not
heard in House Appropriations Sucommittee on Criminal Justice
HB
3335 by Flores - Relating to the operation of video lottery games for this
state to provide additional money to fund governmental programs; the creation,
powers, and duties of the Texas Gaming and Boxing Commission; the powers and
duties of the Texas Lottery Commission, the Texas Racing Commission, and the
Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, and the regulation of gaming and
other gambling activities authorized by law in this state; making an
appropriation; providing penalties.
Last Action: 5-01-07 House
Licensing and Administrative Procedures hearing cancelled
HB
3338 by Burnam - Relating to building code standards for energy efficiency
performance.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Left
pending in House Energy Resources
HB
3339 by Burnam - Relating to use of the money from the Texas enterprise
fund to promote renewable energy technology.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred
to House Economic Development
HB
3361 by Coleman - Relating to health benefit coverage for children and
grandchildren.
Last Action: 3-27-07 Left
pending in House Insurance
HB
3364 by Farrar - Relating to the revision of building energy efficiency performance
standards.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Left
pending in House Energy Resources
HB
3364 by Farrar - Relating to the employment by state and local governmental
entities of individuals who have been convicted of crimes.
Last Action: 4-04-07 Left
pending in House State Affairs
HB
3375 by Thompson - Relating to prompt payment penalties.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Insurance
HB
3379 by Cook - Relating
to groundwater conservation districts regulation of groundwater use by
political subdivisions.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Natural Resources
HB
3391 by Villarreal - Relating to the residency requirements for tuition and fee
exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred
to House Pensions and Investments
HB
3445 by Isett - Relating
to long-term funding of benefits for certain retired governmental employees.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred
to House Pensions and Investments
HB
3448 by Rose - Relating
to limiting the amount of designated tuition that a public institution of
higher education may charge if legislative appropriations are sufficient to pay
certain costs of the institution.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred
to House Higher Ed
HB
3449 by Rose - Relating
to the imposition of an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas State
University--San Marcos.
Last Action: 5-21-07 Certified
for Senate Local/Consent calendar
HB
3450 by Rose - Relating
to coordination of postsecondary curricula and to an academic planning Internet
website to support academic progress by students enrolled at public
institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Left
pending in House Higher Ed
HB
3453 by Rose - Relating
to permissible inquiries by a public information officer of an educational
institution to a requestor requesting information about a student under the
public information law.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Referred
to Senate State Affairs
HB
3454 by Callegari - Relating to contracts between governmental entities and
pharmacy benefit managers.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Sent
to House Calendars committee
HB
3462 by Paxton - Relating to excepting certain information from required
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Last Action: 4-04-07 Not
heard in House State Affairs
HB
3464 by Guillen - Relating to establishing an office of state statistician.
Last Action: 5-10-07 Referred
to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
HB
3472 by Delisi - Relating to the promotion of an electronic health record
system for health care programs or health insurance plans administered by the
State of Texas.
Last Action: 4-18-07 Left
pending in House Public Health
HB
3484 by Kolkhorst - Relating to the programs and functions of The Texas
A&M University System and Sam Houston State University.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred
to House Higher Ed
HB
3522 by Oliveira - Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for
the University of Texas at Brownsville Institute for Homeland Security and
Emergency Management Integration Studies.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred
to House Higher Ed
HB
3530 by Isett - Relating
to consumer access to health care information and consumer protection for
services provided by or through health benefit plans, hospitals, ambulatory
surgical centers, and birthing centers; providing penalties.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred
to House Public Health
HB
3533 by Isett - Relating
to the limit on the rate of growth in appropriations and to the authority of
the comptroller to reduce the state sales tax rate for designated periods.
Last Action: 4-18-07 Left pending in House
Appropriations
HB
3536 by Garcia - Relating to a pension increase for retired teachers.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Pensions and
Investments
HB
3539 by Branch - Relating to interest rate management agreements related to
financing certain public improvements.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Insurance
HB
3540 by Garcia - Relating to health benefit plan coverage for enrollees
with autism spectrum disorder.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Insurance
HB
3550 by Haggerty - Relating to false claims against the state and school
districts and actions by private persons to prosecute those claims; providing a
civil penalty.
Last Action: 4-25-07 Left pending in House Civil
Practices
HB
3551 by Callegari - Relating to the management of the state vehicle fleet.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Government Reform
HB
3556 by Ortiz - Relating
to the establishment of a school of engineering at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Left pending in House Higher Ed
HB
3568 by Rose - Relating
to the operation of certain health benefit plans.
Last Action: 4-17-07 Left pending in House Insurance
HB
3578 by Rose - Relating
to the confidentiality of certain communications involving an ombudsman program
established by an employer as an alternative dispute resolution service.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Left pending in Senate
Jurisprudence
HB
3598 by Lucio - Relating
to excepting certain real or personal property information from required
disclosure under the public information law.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB
3610 by Raymond - Relating to ethics training for governmental officers and
governmental financial advisors.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Elections
HB
3612 by Alonzo - Relating to the authority of issuers to enter into
contracts for services in connection with the issuance of public securities.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Financial
Institutions
HB
3616 by Alonzo - Relating to the selection of financial advisors by
governmental entities.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Financial
Institutions
HB
3625 by Bolton - Relating to background and criminal history checks and for
certain state employees who interact with children or supervise persons who
interact with children.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House Law Enforcement
HB
3626 by Lucio - Relating
to the date on which eligibility for benefits begins under certain programs for
governmental employees and retirees.
Last Action: 4-17-07 Left pending in House Insurance
HB
3642 by Corte - Relating
to homeland security; providing a penalty.
Last Action: 4-24-07 Left pending in House Defense
Affairs and State-Federal Relations
HB
3646 by Kolkhorst - Relating to the length of certain contracts between a
state agency and a private entity
Last Action: 4-23-07 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB
3649 by Allen - Relating
to the exception of an audit working paper of a school district from required
disclosure under the public information law.
Last Action: 4-26-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB
3691 by Geren - Relating to the ethics of public servants.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Elections
HB
3703 by Geren - Relating to general state government fiscal matters.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Appropriations
HB
3713 by Krusee - Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway
fund.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Appropriations
HB
3717 by Krusee - Relating to the requirements for the position of executive
director of the Texas Department of Transportation.
Last Action: 4-03-07 Left pending in House
Transportation
HB
3722 by Krusee - Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for
the Texas A&M University--Central Texas East Williamson County Higher
Education Center
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3720 by Krusee - Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for
the Texas A&M University--Central Texas East Williamson County Higher
Education Center
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3724 by Elkins - Relating to the reimbursement of an insurance carrier for
the overpayment of certain workers' compensation benefits.
Last Action: 4-27-07 Sent to House Calendars Committee
HB
3727 by Kolkhorst - Relating to authorizing the issuance of tuition revenue
bonds for Sam Houston State University for facilities in Montgomery County.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Not heard in House Higher Ed
HB
3728 by Kolkhorst - Relating to state education fiscal matters.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Appropriations
HB
3729 by Kolkhorst - Relating to the requirements for home-taught driver
education courses.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Law Enforcement
HB
3733 by Crownover - Relating to the creation of a Medicaid health savings
account pilot program.
Last Action:
4-19-07 Failed Passage from Committee
HB
3737 by Herrero - Relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general
academic teaching institutions and public junior colleges to certain
undergraduate students.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Appropriations
HB
3743 by Bohac - Relating to the timeframe under which an employee must
return to work after an emergency evacuation period expires.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Business and
Industry
HB
3747 by McClendon - Relating to the use of money from the Texas rail
relocation and improvement fund for rail projects.
Last Action: 5-23-07 Set on Senate Intent calendar for
05/23/2007
HB
3763 by Chavez - Relating to requiring a contractor to provide health
insurance to its employees as a condition of eligibility for the award of
certain state contracts.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Government Reform
HB
3767 by Keffer - Relating to state fiscal matters.
Last Action: 5-01-07 Left pending in House Ways and
Means
HB
3788 by Truitt - Relating to a study of certain actuaries that enter into
actuarial service contracts with public retirement systems.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Pensions and
Investments
HB
3795 by Branch - Relating to funds appropriated to institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Pensions and
Investments
HB
3823 by Delisi - Relating to eligibility for workers' compensation death
benefits based on a compensable injury.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB
3824 by Smith - Relating to the tuition charged to students of
institutions of higher education
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3828 by Morrison - Relating to performance incentive funding for institutions
of higher education.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Senate Education filed committee
report
HB
3829 by Morrison - Relating to information required to establish resident
status in connection with tuition and fees charged by public institutions of
higher education.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Left pending in House State Affairs
HB
3830 by Morrison - Relating to exemptions from payment of tuition and
mandatory fees and waivers from payment of nonresident tuition at public
institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
HB
3850 by Taylor - Relating to payment by pharmacy benefit managers of
certain clean claims.
Last Action: 5-07-07 Set on House floor calendar for
05/10/2007
HB
3904 by Anchia - Relating to payment by pharmacy benefit managers of
certain clean claims.
Last Action:
4-30-07 Relating to the voluntary
disclosure of public information
HB
3906 by Anchia - Relating to contingent fees paid to influence the purchase
of goods or services by a state agency; imposing a penalty.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
HB
3918 by Truitt - Relating to the state contribution to the Employee
Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 3-28-07 Removed from agenda
HB
3919 by Truitt - Relating to supplemental payments by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action:
3-22-07 Referred to House Pensions and Investments
HB
3922 by Callegari - Relating to supplemental payments by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House Business and Industry
HB
3923 by Callegari - Relating to reform of the manner in which certain public
entities are protected from large risks associated with employee health
benefits.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Left pending in House Government Reform
HB
3924 by Rose - Relating
to student members of the board of regents of a state university or state
university system.
Last Action: 5-09-07 Laid on the table
HB
3927 by Rose - Relating
to pharmacy networks for health benefit plans for certain governmental
employees.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House
Insurance
HB
3929 by Crownover - Relating to funding of the Alternative Fuels Research and Education
Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Last Action: 5-23-07 Removed from Senate
Intent calendar
HB
3943 by Herrero - Relating to requiring certain public officials to receive training
relating to emergency management.
Last Action: 5-09-07 Sent to House
Calendars committee
HB
3950 by Delisi - Relating to the establishment of the Health Professions Scope of
Practice Review Commission.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House
Public Health
HB
3963 by Castro - Relating to the creation of the Texas state health benefit plan
program; providing a penalty.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House
Insurance
HB
4005 by Brown - Relating to the creation of the Research Valley Innovation District.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House
County Affairs
HB
4130 by Coleman - Relating to the governance of certain state agencies.
Last Action: 5-01-07 Referred to House
Higher Education
HCR
30 by Bonnen - Designating
the Texas blind salamander as the official State Amphibian of Texas.
Last Action: 5-26-07 Vetoed by the Governor
HCR
45 by Dutton - Requesting
The University of Texas at Austin to lead a study by several Texas public
universities to examine how young black males in Texas are affected by the
benefits and detriments of living in Texas.
Last Action: 2-12-07 Referred to House
Higher Education
HCR
82 by Dutton - Directing
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop and implement policies
and programs to be adopted by Texas universities that address the incidence of
discrimination and harassment on campus.
Last Action: 2-27-07 Referred to House
Higher Education
HCR
95 by Dutton - Requesting
The University of Texas at Austin to study the effectiveness of the Texas Education
Agency in dealing with low-performing students and other matters.
Last Action: 2-27-07 Referred to House
Public Education
HCR
159 by Dutton - Requesting that the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker appoint
a select commission on higher education and global competitiveness.
Last Action: 5-22-07 Sent to Governor
HCR
193 by Swinford - Expressing support for ongoing state-led border security operations to
control the Texas-Mexico border and ensure the safety of the people of Texas.
Last Action: 5-15-07 Referred to House
Tranportation and Homeland Security
HCR
194 by Swinford - Expressing dissatisfaction with the federal government's failure to
secure the border and enforce immigration laws.
Last Action: 4-20-07 Sent to House
Calendars committee
HJR
2 by Isett - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to limit the rate of growth of appropriations from
all sources of revenue except the federal government; to establish a disaster
fund, managed by the governor, for use to prepare for or respond to a natural
disaster or emergency; to fund the property tax relief fund; to require a
gubernatorial declaration before money may be appropriated from the economic
stabilization fund; and to authorize the legislature to appropriate money for
tax rebates; making a constitutional appropriation.
Last Action: 4-18-07 Left pending in House
Appropriations
HJR
4 by Dunnam - Proposing
a constitutional amendment allowing general law to provide for the vote
required to be elected governor.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House
Elections
HJR
10 by Chavez - Proposing
a constitutional amendment permitting recognized Indian tribes to conduct
gambling or other gaming activity on certain tribal land.
Last Action: 4-17-07 Left pending in House
Licensing and Administrative Procedures
HJR
30 by Jackson - Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the repurchase of real
property acquired by a governmental entity through eminent domain.
Last Action: 5-22-07 Senate passed to
enrollment
HJR
43 by Thompson - Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Institute
for Regenerative Medicine, authorizing the issuance of bonds for the purposes
of the institute, and prohibiting the legislature from prohibiting stem cell
research.
Last Action: 4-13-07 Left pending in House
State Affairs
HJR
46 by Paxton - Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to reduce the amount of an
item of appropriation in an appropriations bill.
Last Action: 2-06-07 Referred to House
Appropriations
HJR
50 by Jackson - Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the election of the
speaker of the House of Representatives by a public vote conducted by a roll
call vote or electronic voting machine.
Last Action: 3-05-07 Left pending in House
State Affairs
HJR
53 by Paxton - Proposing
a constitutional amendment regarding limitations on taxation and expenditures
by the state government and local governments.
Last Action: 3-05-07 Left pending in House
State Affairs
HJR
58 by Ritter - Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to authorize casino
gaming, to authorize the operation of video lottery games by licensed horse and
greyhound racetrack operators, licensed casino operators, and recognized Indian
tribes, and to regulate the locations at which casino gaming may be conducted,
and establishing a higher education trust fund from state gaming revenues to
pay tuition and fees for the postsecondary education of Texas high school
graduates.
Last Action: 4-13-07 Removed from agenda
HJR
59 by Elkins - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the
governor following a legislative session.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Left pending in House
State Affairs
HJR
62 by Goolsby - Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing bills and resolutions to
be introduced at any time during a regular session of the legislature.
Last Action: 2-22-07 Referred to House
State Affairs
HJR
71 by Hildebran - Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the allocation and
use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.
Last Action: 4-24-07 Sent to House
Calendars committee
HJR
79 by Anderson - Proposing a constitutional amendment to prohibit the state or a
political subdivision from taking private property for the primary purpose of
economic development or to benefit a particular private party.
Last Action: 2-22-07 Referred to House Land
and Resource Management
HJR
80 by Rose - Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing a student member of the board of regents
of a state institution of higher education or state university system to serve
a term that differs from the terms served by the other members of the board.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Not heard in House
Higher Ed
HJR
95 by Christian - Proposing a constitutional amendment directing state and local
governmental entities that invest public funds to make investments that will
benefit the Texas economy to the extent that it is possible to do so under a
prudent investment strategy.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to House
Financial Institutions
HJR
102 by Hildebran - Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a trust fund for
providing financial support to students attending private or independent
institutions of higher education in this state.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House
Higher Ed
HJR
106 by Herrero - Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for open meetings of
each House of the Legislature, and its committees and subcommittees.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to House
State Affairs
SB 1 by
Odgen - General
Appropriations Bill.
Last Action: 4-02-2007 Left pending in Senate Finance.
SB 4 by
Shapiro - Relating
to open-enrollment charter schools and the creation of public charter
districts.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 31
by Nelson -
Relating to the creation and administration of the rural physician training
scholarship program.
Last Action: 05/16/2007- Left pending in House Public
Health
SB 33
by Nelson -
Relating to hepatitis B vaccination for students enrolled in certain
health-related courses of study in an institution of higher education.
Last Action: 05/16/2007- Left pending in House Public Health
SB 35
by Nelson -
Relating to a purchasing preference for contractors who provide foods of higher
nutritional value and who do not provide foods containing trans fatty acids.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 49
by Zaffirini -
Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from
the sales tax for a limited period.
Last Action: 05/14/2007- Re-referred
to House Higher
Education
SB 51
by Zaffirini -
Relating to leave for junior college district or university system employees
who are physically assaulted while on duty.
Last Action: 05/14/2007- Not heard in House Higher
Education
SB 56
by Zaffirini -
Relating to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by
institutions of higher education; providing penalties.
Last Action: 01/23/2007- Referred to Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 59
by Zaffirini -
Relating to the authority of certain law enforcement agencies to establish a
checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving
while intoxicated.
Last Action: 04/18/2007- Removed from Senate Intent calendar
SB 60
by Zaffirini -
Relating to the securing of a child passenger in a motor vehicle.
Last Action: 05/17/2007- Voted
favorably from House
Transportation
SB 62
by Zaffirini - Relating to the creation of the individual development account program to
provide savings incentives and opportunities to eligible low-income individuals
and households.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 72
by Lucio -
Relating to the establishment of the Worksite Wellness Advisory Board and the
implementation of worksite wellness policies at state agencies.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 85
by Hinojosa -
Relating to a moratorium and other limitations on increases in designated
tuition charged by public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 04/10/2007- Left
pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 89
by Van de Putte -
Relating to the residency requirements for tuition and fee exemptions for
certain military personnel and their dependents.
Last Action: 03/05/2007- Voted favorably
from Senate Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education as substituted
SB 95
by Ellis -
Relating to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 01/23/2007- Referred to Senate
Business and Commerce
SB 96
by Ellis -
Relating to designated tuition.
Last Action: 04/10/2007- Left
pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 100
by Shapiro -
Relating to stabilizing the amount of tuition charged to certain residents of
this state by general academic teaching institutions.
Last Action: 04/10/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 101
by Shapiro -
Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to
general academic teaching institutions.
Last Action: 05/27/2007- House rejected conference committee report
SB 105
by West - Relating
to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of
North Texas System.
Last Action: 05/22/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 114
by Van de Putte -
Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of institutions of
higher education.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 116
by Carona -
Relating to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental
entities to participate in the federal work authorization program; providing a
penalty.
Last Action: 01/29/2007- Referred to Senate
Transportation and Homeland Security
SB 128
by West - Relating
to the eligibility of a high school graduate for automatic admission to an
institution of higher education.
Last Action: 04/10/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 132
by Wentworth/Straus - Relating to the establishment and operation of a motor bus-only lane program.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor calendar for
05/22/2007
SB 146
by West - Relating
to the creation of higher education enhancement districts; authorizing sales
and use taxes and property taxes.
Last Action: 01/29/2007- Referred to Senate
Finance
SB 164
by Deuell -
Relating to priority for health care providers in the distribution of certain
vaccines.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 165 by Carona - Relating to the rate of the state
gasoline tax and diesel fuel taxes.
Last Action:
05/15/2007- Referred to Senate
Transportation and Homeland Security
SB 170 by Janek - Relating to training requirements for
certain youth programs
Last Action:
01/29/2007- Referred to Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 172 by Janek - Relating to indigent health care.
Last Action:
05/03/2007- Not heard in Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 177
by Wentworth -
Relating to the liability of licensed professional engineers for damages
arising from certain services provided during an emergency.
Last Action: 01/29/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 194
by Jackson - Relating
to the eligibility of certain individuals with terminally ill spouses for
unemployment compensation.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 197
by Wentworth -
Relating to a prohibition on state officers or employees who are not United
States citizens representing the state in matters concerning certain foreign
governments.
Last Action: 01/29/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 200
by Nelson -
Relating to the expansion of faith- and community-based health and human
services initiatives.
Last Action: 01/29/2007- Referred to Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 202
by Nelson -
Relating to incentives to recruit and retain allied health education program
faculty.
Last Action: 04/23/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 203 by Nelson - Relating to a study of the feasibility of providing
immunizations to certain students enrolled in health professional degree programs.
Last Action:
01/30/2007- Referred to Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 205
by Nelson -
Relating to the privacy of protected health information.
Last Action: 05/17/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 207
by Ellis -
Relating to application of the minimum wage to certain governmental entities.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 211
by Fraser -
Relating to the student enrollment required for Texas A&M
University--Central Texas to operate as a general academic teaching
institution.
Last Action: 05/14/2007- Removed from Senate Intent
calendar
SB 212
by Fraser -
Relating to the issuance of revenue bonds to fund facilities at Texas A&M
University--Central Texas.
Last Action: 05/02/2007- Removed from agenda
SB 223
by Ellis -
Relating to a loss of computerized data or breach of computer security
involving sensitive personal information.
Last Action: 04/17/2007- Not heard in Senate
Business and Commerce
SB 238
by Shapiro -
Relating to authorizing certain community colleges to offer a baccalaureate
degree program in interior design.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 240
by Gallegos -
Relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School Graduation
Scholarship program.
Last Action: 03/05/2007- Not heard in Senate Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 250
by Ellis -
Relating to limits on political contributions and direct campaign expenditures
by individuals; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 260
by Gallegos -
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the University of
Houston Center for Mexican American Studies.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate
Finance
SB 273
by Estes -
Relating to a student fitness and recreational fee at Texas Woman's University.
Last Action: 04/12/2007- Referred to House Higher
Education
SB 278
by Gallegos -
Relating to the creation of a state occupational health and safety plan;
establishing a maintenance tax.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 279
by Gallegos -
Relating to the establishment and operation of a public building mapping
information system by the Texas Building and Procurement Commission.
Last Action: 05/02/2007- Left pending in Senate
Transportation and Homeland Security
SB 281
by Gallegos -
Relating to excepting dates of birth of employees of governmental bodies from
required disclosure under the public information law.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 287
by Lucio -
Relating to the appointment of an attorney for a workers' compensation claimant
in certain judicial review proceedings initiated by a workers' compensation
insurance carrier.
Last Action: 04/27/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 294
by Williams -
Relating to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund.
Last Action: 01/30/2007- Referred to Senate
Finance
SB 301
Ellis - Relating
to the authority of the governor to grant one or more reprieves in a capital
case.
Last Action: 02/14/2007- Referred to Senate
Criminal Justice
SB 314 by Ogden - Relating to considering ownership interests of
disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart Medal in determining
whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of
state contracting.
Last Action: 02/14/2007-
Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 317
by Brimer -
Relating to allowing the State Preservation Board to purchase, lease, or
maintain indoor plants for the Capitol or Capitol extension.
Last Action: 02/14/2007- Referred to Senate
Administration
SB 346
by Duncan -
Relating to indemnification provisions in construction contracts.
Last Action: 04/25/2007- Referred to House Civil
Practices
SB 354
by Carona -
Relating to the operation and regulation of certain consolidated insurance
programs.
Last Action: 05/04/2007- Removed from Senate Intent
calendar
SB 356
by Jackson - Relating to contracts by governmental entities for construction projects and
related professional services and to public works performance and payment
bonds.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 357
by Jackson/Swinford - Relating to the establishment of a program by the Department of Agriculture to
make grants to encourage the construction of facilities that generate
electrical energy with certain types of agricultural residues, waste, debris,
or crops.
Last Action: 05/17/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 364
by Nelson -
Relating to the licensing and regulation of dentists, dental hygienists, dental
assistants, and dental laboratories; providing penalties.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 365
by Nelson -
Relating to the creation and implementation of the health professional
education grant program.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 368
by Ellis -
Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places;
providing penalties.
Last Action: 04/19/2007- Left pending in Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 372
by Shapleigh -
Relating to notice regarding the availability of programs under which a student
may earn college credit in public schools.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate
Education
SB 380
by Van de Putte -
Relating to required disclosures to health benefit plan enrollees regarding
professional services provided by certain non-network health care providers.
Last Action: 05/10/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 381
by Van de Putte - Relating to considering ownership interests of
disabled veterans and recipients of the Purple Heart in determining whether a
business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state
contracting.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 383
by Ellis -
Relating to the sharing of information among state agencies.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 402
by Averitt -
Relating to the development and implementation of personnel policies and
procedures for certain state agencies.
Last Action: 03/12/2007- Left pending in Senate State
Affairs
SB 412
by Shapleigh -
Relating to the provision of a preference in certain governmental purchasing
decisions for vendors or contractors that provide health care benefits to
employees.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 413
by Shapleigh -
Relating to the prohibition of human cloning; providing penalties.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 420
by Lucio -
Relating to establishing a health science center and medical school in the Rio
Grande Valley.
Last Action: 05/14/2007- Referred to House Higher
Education
SB 424
by Shapleigh -
Relating to lobbying by former members of the governor's executive staff;
providing civil and criminal penalties.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 425
by Carona -
Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas,
including an adjustment to the standard service retirement annuity.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 434
by Shapiro -
Relating to the duty of a governmental body to redact the social security
number of a living person from certain information the governmental body
discloses under the public information law.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 445
by Hinojosa -
Relating to design and construction standards for newly constructed state
buildings.
Last Action: 05/08/2007- Left pending in House
Government Reform
SB 446
by Hinojosa -
Relating to an open document format for electronic state documents.
Last Action: 03/26/2007- Left pending in Senate State
Affairs
SB 447
by Hinojosa -
Relating to governmental liability for a violation of the federal Americans
with Disabilities Act.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 475
by Uresti -
Relating to the computation and payment of certain benefits, including
supplemental payments of a retirement or death benefit, by the Teacher
Retirement System of Texas; making an appropriation.
Last Action: 02/21/2007-
Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 477
by Uresti -
Relating to the creation of the State Office of Inspector General; providing an
administrative penalty.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 479 by Janek - Relating to the operation of a student health center at an institution of higher education.
Last acton: 05/21/2007- Senate Education filed committee report
SB 486
by Shapiro -
Relating to the Texas emerging technology fund.
Last Action: 05/03/2007- Referred to House
Economic Development
SB 491 by Lucio - Relating to the adoption of an alternative base
period for computation of unemployment compensation benefits.
Last Action:
02/21/2007- Referred to Senate
Business and Commerce
SB 492
by Lucio -
Relating to a cost of living increase applicable to benefits paid by the
Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 514 by Hegar - Relating to the confidentiality of certain
information of a person licensed to practice law held by governmental bodies.
Last Action: 02/21/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 516
by Van de Putte -
Relating to allowing certain military personnel to receive certain federal and
state higher education benefits concurrently.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 517
by Janek -
Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of
higher education for certain police officers enrolled in criminal justice or
law enforcement management-related coursework.
Last Action: 03/26/2007- Not heard in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 523
by Seliger -
Relating to student services building fees at The University of Texas of the
Permian Basin.
Last Action: 05/17/2007- Sent to House
Local/Consent calendar
SB 529
by Watson -
Relating to the clean school bus program.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 532
by Carona -
Relating to requiring government entities to inform landowners of their right
to seek counsel in eminent domain proceedings.
Last Action: 02/26/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 534
by Hegar -
Relating to certain rights and liabilities of an employer regarding an
employee's access to a concealed handgun.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 554
by Shaplegh -
Relating to contracts entered into for the employment of a chief executive
officer of a public institution of higher education.
Last Action: 04/23/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 557 by Ellis - Relating to reports regarding the consideration of certain factors by public and private institutions of higher education in admissions.
Last Action: 02/26/2007- Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 558
by Ellis -
Relating to reporting of gifts of cash or a cash equivalent to public
officials.
Last Action: 02/26/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 568
by Ellis -
Relating to group health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with certain
mental disorders.
Last Action: 05/17/2007- Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 571
by Uresti -
Relating to the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military
personnel and permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child.
Last Action: 02/26/2007 - Referred to Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 576
by Nichols -
Relating to prohibiting the use of eminent domain to take private property for
recreational purposes.
Last Action: 03/06/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 577
by Ellis -
Relating to the portion of designated tuition required to be set aside to
provide student financial assistance at institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 04/23/2007 - Referred to Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 578
by Ellis -
Relating to a limitation on increases in the total amount of tuition charged by
public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 04/10/2007 - Referred to Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 579
by Ellis -
Relating to a limitation on increases in the total amount of tuition and
compulsory fees charged by public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 04/10/2007 - Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 588
by Nelson -
Relating to the authority of the comptroller of public accounts to perform
administrative, economic, fiscal, or policy research or analysis regarding
certain issues and to assist political subdivisions with related research or
analysis.
Last Action: 04/30/2007- Left pending in House Government Reform
SB 609
by Ellis -
Relating to the payment of higher education tuition and fees for certain
military personnel and their dependents.
Last Action: 04/23/2007 – Not heard in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 612
by Lucio -
Relating to a fee to support intercollegiate athletics at The University of
Texas at Brownsville.
Last Action: 04/02/2007- Senate Education filed committee report
SB 630
by Patrick -
Relating to the creation of a public integrity unit in the office of the
attorney general to prosecute offenses against public administration, including
ethics offenses, and offenses involving insurance fraud.
Last Action: 02/27/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 636
by Hegar -
Relating to excepting certain crime victim information from required disclosure
under the public information law.
Last Action: 04/02/2007- Certified for Senate
Local/Consent calendar
SB 641
by West - Relating
to employee leave from work to address family violence situations.
Last Action: 02/28/2007- Referred to Senate
Business and Commerce
SB 646
by Ellis -
Relating to prohibiting human cloning; providing a penalty.
Last Action: 02/28/2007- Referred to Senate Health
and Human Services
SB 647
by Ellis -
Relating to the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to create a
permanent fund for indigent defense.
Last Action: 02/28/2007- Referred to Senate Finance
SB 655
by Seliger -
Relating to the membership of the governing board of the Department of
Information Resources.
Last Action: 03/30/2007- Removed from agenda
SB 658
by Seliger/Naishtat - Relating to an energy-efficient building accreditation program
Last Action: 05/09/2007- Not heard in House
Government Reform
SB 674
Zaffirini -
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for routine patient care costs for
enrollees participating in certain clinical trials.
Last Action: 05/21/2007 - Senate State Affairs
filed committee report
SB 695
by Ellis -
Relating to the designation of certain election days as state holidays.
Last Action: 02/28/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 700
by Lucio -
Relating to state agency rules affecting small businesses.
Last Action: 05/22/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 711
by Shapleigh -
Relating to the use of TexasOnline by businesses to apply and pay for certain
permits.
Last Action: 06/15/2007- Vetoed by the governor
SB 717
by Ellis -
Relating to the selection by certain governmental entities of providers of
landscape architectural services.
Last Action: 03/13/2007- Certified for Senate Local/Consent calendar
SB 725
by Lucio -
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain tests for the early
detection of cardiovascular disease.
Last Action: 03/06/2007- Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 728
by Van de Putte -
Relating to incentives offered in relation to certain health benefit plans for
participation in programs promoting disease prevention, wellness, and health.
Last Action: 03/06/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 730
by Carona -
Relating to a study concerning maximum lifetime benefit limits under health
benefit plan coverage applicable to hemophilia-related services, supplies,
pharmaceuticals, and biologics.
Last Action: 05/15/2007- Received in the House
SB 739
by Williams -
Relating to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the
carrying of a concealed handgun.
Last Action: 03/06/2007- Referred to Senate
Criminal Justice
SB 750
by Deuell -
Relating to the creation of the Office of State Inspector General.
Last Action: 05/15/2007- Referred to House
Government Reform
SB 769
by Zaffirini -
Relating to contracting issues of state agencies, including ethics issues
related to state contracting.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 771
by Van de Putte -
Relating to exempting certain state agencies from certain laws relating to real
property transactions.
Last Action: 04/03/2007- Left pending in Senate
Natural Resourcs
SB 774
by Jackson -
Relating to liability of a governmental unit for certain recreational
activities.
Last Action: 03/06/2007- Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 808
by Williams -
Relating to disclosure of information about health care-related services or
access to health care information provided to persons covered by health benefit
plans.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 815
by Hegar -
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for vaccination against human
papillomavirus.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 822
by Wentworth -
Relating to the creation of the atmosphere modification research program and
center.
Last Action: 05/22/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 861
by Shapleigh -
Relating to the creation of employee wellness programs by state agencies.
Last Action: 04/24/2007- Removed from Senate Intent
calendar
SB 866
by Watson -
Relating to the creation of the Texas Organic Agricultural Industry Advisory
Board.
Last Action: 03/21/2007- Voted favorably from Senate Subcommittee on Agricultural
Resources as substituted
SB 874
by Van de Putte -
Relating to the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military
personnel and permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 888
by Watson - Relating to the applicability of across-the-board salary
increases to employees of institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 899
by Ellis -
Relating to design and construction standards for newly constructed or
renovated state buildings, public school facilities, and higher education
facilities.
Last Action: 03/19/2007- Left pending in Senate
Government Organization
SB 902
by Brimer -
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Prepaid Higher Education
Tuition Board.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 903
by Brimer -
Relating to the abolishment of the Office of State-Federal Relations as an
independent agency and the transfer of the duties and functions of that agency
to the office of the governor.
Last Action: 05/25/2007- House appoints conferees
SB 905
by Whitmire -
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas; providing penalties.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 906
by Brimer -
Relating to the licensing and regulation of structural pest control by the
Department of Agriculture and the abolition of the Texas Structural Pest
Control Board.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 910
by Estes -
Relating to the continuation and Senate State Affairs
Last Action: 3-15-07 Referred to Senate Government Organization
SB 912
by Estes -
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Veterinary Medical
Diagnostic Laboratory.
Last Action: 03/15/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 915
by Brimer -
Relating to the powers and duties of, and the entities reviewed by, the Sunset
Advisory Commission.
Last Action: 03/12/2007- Referred to Senate
Government Organization
SB 929
by Jackson -
Relating to the resolution of certain medical disputes regarding workers'
compensation claims.
Last Action: 05/22/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 944
by Janek -
Relating to participation in the advanced research program by certain private
institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 04/23/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 951
b Hegar - Relating
to participation of hospitals in certain health care delivery networks.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 963 by Shapleigh - Relating to the recreational facility fee at The University of Texas at El Paso.
Last Week: 05/17/2007- Sent to House Local/Consent calendar
SB 967
by Harris -
Relating to injurious or disruptive conduct at major venue sporting events;
providing penalties.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate
Criminal Justice
SB 980
by West - Relating
to the minimum wage.
Last Action: 03/07/2007- Referred to Senate
Business and Commerce
SB 996
by Watson -
Relating to employment leave to comply with certain family or medical
obligations; providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 04/03/2007- Left pending in Senate
Business and Commerce
SB 1001
by West - Relating
to requiring a contractor to provide health insurance to its employees as a
condition of eligibility for the award of certain state contracts.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 1005
by Janek -
Relating to the confidentiality of social security numbers maintained by
certain governmental entities.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1023
by West - Relating
to limiting use of money in the Texas Enterprise Fund to recipients that
provide health benefit plans.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 1029
by Shapiro -
Relating to performance incentive funding for institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 05/14/2007- Not heard in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1036
by Ellis -
Relating to information technology security practices of state agencies.
Last Action: 04/24/2007- Referred to House State
Affairs and State-Federal Relations
SB 1040
by Lucio/Goolsby -
Relating to education and examination requirements for the issuance of a
driver's license.
Last Action: 05/09/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 1043
by Duncan -
Relating to the creation of an online volunteer fire department registry by the
Texas Forest Service.
Last Action: 05/10/2007- Left pending in Senate
Natural Resources
SB 1044
by Deuell -
Relating to revenue from Texas State Rifle Association specialty license
plates.
Last Action: 05/01/2007- Removed from Senate
Local/Consent calendar
SB 1045
by Wentworth -
Relating to providing that a performance evaluation of the commissioner of
higher education or of a chancellor or university president is confidential.
Last Action: 05/16/2007- Failed Passage from
Committee
SB 1052
by Zaffirini -
Relating to tuition credits for students who complete the core curriculum at
two-year public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 04/27/2007- Referred to House Higher
Education
SB 1053
by Zaffirini -
Relating to assessing the quality and effectiveness of academic advising
services offered by public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 06/15/2007- Vetoed by the governor
SB 1054
by Zaffirini -
Relating to the conduct that constitutes hazing and to the application of
hazing laws to certain former students of an educational institution.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate Education
SB 1055
by Zaffirini -
Relating to establishing a commission to study and report on the projected need
for faculty at public and private institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 03/19/2007- Voted favorably from
Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1064
by West - Relating
to the purchasing and contracting practices of junior college districts;
providing criminal penalties.
Last Action: 05/18/2007- Sent to House Calendars
committee
SB 1065
by Shapiro -
Relating to high school success and college readiness in public schools.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate
Education
SB 1075
by Wentworth -
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1088
by Shapiro -
Relating to use of a portion of the money in the Texas Mobility Fund for mass
transit projects.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate
Transportation and Homeland Security
SB 1095
by Uresti -
Relating to a study on increasing the number of medical residency programs,
medical residents, and physicians practicing medical specialties in this state.
Last Action: 05/20/2007- Set on House floor
calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 1101
by Duncan -
Relating to the reporting and disclosure of financial arrangements between
referring health care providers and diagnostic imaging providers; providing
penalties.
Last Action: 05/15/2007- Removed from Senate Intent
calendar
SB 1102
by Duncan -
Relating to financial accounting and reporting for this state and political
subdivisions of this state.
Last Action: 05/10/2007- Removed from Senate Intent
calendar
SB 1131
by Lucio -
Relating to the rates of tuition charged to students of institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 04/10/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1143
by Deuell -
Relating to prohibiting certain ranking of physicians by health benefit plans.
Last Action: 05/15/2007- Referred to House
Insurance
SB 1145
by Shapiro -
Relating to the computation of a student's high school grade point average.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate
Education
SB 1146
by Shapiro -
Relating to online performance reports for public institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 05/23/2007- Removed from House Local/Consent calendar
SB 1147
by Shapiro -
Relating to the administration of Texas governor's schools.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate Education
SB 1149
by Ellis -
Relating to compensating persons wrongfully incarcerated for interest paid or
owed on college loans.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate Business and
Commerce
SB 1150
by Hinojosa -
Relating to the establishment of a school of engineering at Texas A&M
University--Corpus Christi.
Last Action: 04/16/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1166
by Duncan -
Relating to the reporting of claims information under certain health benefit
plans; providing administrative penalties.
Last Action: 03/14/2007- Referred to Senate State
Affairs
SB 1176
by Ellis -
Relating to a requirement that a full TEXAS grant be awarded to each eligible
applicant in an academic year.
Last Action: 04/23/2007- Left pending in Senate
Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1190
by Patrick -
Relating to the establishment of a commission on state government spending to
address waste, fraud, and abuse in state agency operations.
Last Action: 04/30/2007- Left pending in Senate
Government Organization
SB 1210
by Carona - Relating
to the use of eminent domain for highway or other transportation purposes.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to Senate Transportation and Homeland Security
SB 1221
by Carona - Relating
to the provision of a preference in certain state construction contracts for
contractors that provide health benefits to employees.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1234
by Zaffarini - Relating
to the five-year master plan for higher education in this state.
Last Action: 6-15-07 Vetoed by the governor
SB 1242
by Averitt - Relating
to tuition exemptions granted by public institutions of higher education to
students who have served in certain school district tutoring programs.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Voted favorably from Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1248
by Nelson - Relating
to the establishment of the University of North Texas Health Science Center
Health Institutes of Texas.
Last Action: 3-14-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Edducation
SB 1276
by Van de Putte - Relating
to student loan repayment assistance for speech-language pathologists employed
by a public school.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to Senate Education
SB 1292
by Nelson - Relating
to creating the Cancer Research Institute of Texas and abolishing the Texas
Cancer Council; granting authority to issue bonds.
Last Action: 5-21-07 Removed from Senate Intent calendar
SB 1299
by Wentworth - Relating
to access to certain archaic information excepted from required disclosure
under the public information law.
Last Action: 5-22-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 1309
by Wentworth - Relating
to false claims against the state and actions by the state and private persons
to prosecute those claims; providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 5-04-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 1330
by Patrick - Relating
to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business
entities doing business in Iran.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Sent to Senate State Affairs
SB 1350
by Patrick - Relating
to limits on the appropriations by the Legislature.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1359
by Ellis - Relating
to the authorization and regulation of casino gambling and to the creation,
powers, and duties of the Texas Gaming Commission; authorizing taxes; providing
civil and criminal penalties.
Last Action: 4-26-07 Left pending in Senate State Affairs
SB 1377
by Shapleigh - Relating
to studies and determinations by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
regarding funding to accomplish the goals of the state master plan for public
higher education "Closing the Gaps."
Last Action: 4-04-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1382
by Nichols - Relating
to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for the expansion of school of
nursing facilities at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1387
by Van de Putte - Relating
to the designated doctor's examination under the workers' compensation system.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1398
by Williams - Relating
to the ability of a governmental body under the public information law to
request a redetermination from the attorney general on dismissal of litigation
relating to the same issue.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Removed from Senate Local/Consent calendar
SB 1400
by Lucio - Relating
to the establishment of a school of law at The University of Texas at
Brownsville.
Last Action: 5-04-07 Voted favorably from Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed as
substituted
SB 1400
by Lucio - Relating
to the establishment of a school of law at The University of Texas at
Brownsville.
Last Action:
5-04-07 Voted favorably from Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed as substituted
SB 1418
by Hinojosa - Relating
to the establishment and operation of a spatial reference center at Texas
A&M University--Corpus Christi.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 1419
by West - Relating
to the creation of the Texas Hospital-Based Nursing Education Grant Program.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1423
by Brimer - Relating
to funds exempt from the Public Funds Investment Act.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1427
by Averitt - Relating
to participation by private or independent institutions of higher education in
the tuition equalization grant program.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Referred to House Higher Ed
SB 1442
by Hegar - Relating
to a property owner's right to a binding third-party appraisal in connection
with the use of eminent domain authority.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1449
by Ellis - Relating
to the human resources employee-to-staff ratio for state agencies.
Last Action: 5-14-07 Left pending in House Government Reform
SB 1451
by Ellis - Relating
to the Safe Routes to School Program.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Local/Consent calendar
SB 1454
by Van de Putte - Relating
to veteran's employment preferences.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Left pending in House Defense Affairs and State-Federal
Relations
SB 1459
by Seliger - Relating
to indemnification requirements relating to a clean coal project.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Referred to House Energy Resources
SB 1488
by Patrick - Relating
to an undergraduate education scholarship program for students who agree to
teach in public schools in this state that have teacher shortages.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 1496
by Zaffarini - Relating
to the partial forgiveness of Texas B-On-time loans for certain graduates of
four-year public and private institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 1507
by Janek - Relating
to the transfer of the primary duties of the Texas Building and Procurement
Commission to the comptroller and the General Land Office.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Left pending in Senate Government Organization
SB 1516
by Janek - Relating
to authorizing certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree
programs.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1527
by Eltife - Relating
to the consolidation of state vehicle fleets.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Left pending in Senate Government Organization
SB 1528
by Eltife - Relating
to state facility management and maintenance practices.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Left pending in Senate Government Organization
SB 1538
by Frasier - Relating
to venue in civil actions under the Jones Act.
Last Action: 3-20-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1569
by Patrick - Relating
to the automatic admission of undergraduate students to a general academic
teaching institution that is a component institution of a university system.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1570
by Patrick - Relating
to the eligibility of an undergraduate student for automatic admission to
public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1571
by Patrick - Relating
to requiring a minimum SAT or ACT score as a prerequisite to the automatic
admission of an undergraduate student to certain public institutions of higher
education.
Last Action: 4-10-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1572
by Shapleigh - Relating
to reports of performance data of private or independent institutions of higher
education and to the publication of that data.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 1573
by Shapleigh - Relating
to the affordability of enrollment in public institutions of higher education
and the availability of certain financial and academic information to students
enrolled in those institutions.
Last Action: 4-23-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1581
by Van de Putte - Relating
to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on the claimant's
availability to do part-time work.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate Business and Commerce
SB 1603
by West - Relating
to eligibility for student financial assistance awarded from designated tuition
charged by institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 5-04-07 Voted favorably from Senate Subcommittee on Higher Ed
SB 1641
by Williams - Relating
to the student loan program administered by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board and to bonds issued in relation to that program.
Last Action: 5-03-07 Left pending in Senate Finance
SB 1652
by Ellis - Relating
to the waiver of governmental immunity.
Last Action: 5-07-07 Left pending in Senate State Affairs
SB 1678
by Uresti - Relating
to a suit against an employee of a governmental unit alleging negligence in the
course of the employee's employment.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1681
by Averitt - Relating
to health benefit plan coverage for children and grandchildren.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1684
by Averitt - Relating
to coverage limitations in health benefit plans.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1699
by Shapiro - Relating
to the administration, organization, amount, structure and delivery of
financial aid programs and services to students attending institutions of
public, independent and private higher education in Texas.
Last Action:
5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
SB 1720
by Ogden - Relating
to making supplemental appropriations.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1721
by Ogden - Relating
to certain fiscal matters affecting governmental entities.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1745
by Eltife - Relating
to monthly benefits for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas who return to work.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1748
by Nichols - Relating
to the collateralization of certain public funds; providing administrative
penalties.
Last Action: 5-03-07 Left pending in Senate Finance
SB 1749
by Duncan - Relating
to the transfer of Angelo State University to the Texas Tech University System.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Certified for Senate Local/Consent calendar
SB 1754
by Ellis - Relating
to the authority of certain institutions of higher education in this state to
use private money to perform scientific research regarding regenerative or
reparative medical therapies or treatments.
Last Action: 4-12-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1754
by Ellis - Relating
to the collection and dissemination of certain information for a federal
firearm background check.
Last Action: 5-22-07 Senate passed to engrossment
SB 1767
by Watson - Relating
to physician licensing requirements for utilization review of medical decisions
regarding workers' compensation claims.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1768
by Watson - Relating
to the cost of obtaining copies of an injured employee's medical records for
use by an ombudsman under the office of injured employee counsel's ombudsman
program.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1770
by Watson - Relating
to the development of a comprehensive energy plan.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate Business and Commerce
SB 1772
by Watson - Relating
to establishing a commission to study and report on a long-range plan for
higher education in this state.
Last Action:
4-04-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1779
by Uresti - Relating
to public financing of the public education employee retirement system and an
annual cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirement benefits.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1784
by Duncan - Relating
to information that must be provided by a registered lobbyist.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1791
by Jackson - Relating
to a review by the Sunset Commission of the eminent domain authority of special
districts and the abolition of that authority unless continued by the
legislature.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1793
by Ogden - Relating
to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts in the state treasury,
the dedication and rededication of revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated
money from use for general governmental purposes.
Last Action: 3-21-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1795
by Ogden - Relating
to increasing the amount of bonds and other public securities that may be
secured by a pledge of and payable from revenue deposited to the credit of the
state highway fund.
Last Action: 5-23-07 House point(s) of order sustained by Rep. Dunnam
SB 1802
by Uresti - Relating
to providing certain computerized instructional material for blind and visually
impaired students at public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 5-08-07 Referred to House Higher Education
SB 1803
by Uresti - Relating
to establishing an office of state statistician.
Last Action: 5-04-07 Not heard in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1812
by Duncan - Relating
to electronic publication of legal notice.
Last Action: 5-14-07 Left pending in House Judiciary
SB 1817
by Carona - Relating
to eligibility for certain unemployment compensation benefits.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Business and Commerce
SB 1834
by Hegar - Relating
to treatment of pharmaceutical services provided through specialty and mail
order pharmacy services operated under contracts between governmental entities
and pharmacy benefit managers.
Last Action: 5-22-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 1835
by Hegar - Relating
to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Health and Human Services
SB 1845
by Duncan - Relating
to the deposit of certain public funds with federally insured financial
institutions.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1847
by Duncan - Relating
to Employees Retirement System of Texas collection of member contributions.
Last Action: 5-17-07 Left pending in House Pensions and Investments
SB 1848
by Duncan - Relating
to state fiscal matters.
Last Action: 5-22-07 House point(s) of order sustained by Rep. Dunnam
SB 1854
by Gallegos - Relating
to the exception of an audit working paper of a school district from required
disclosure under the public information law.
Last Action: 5-20-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 1860
by Zaffirini - Relating
to a pilot project regarding funding for professional nursing education
programs offered by general academic teaching institutions and health-related
institutions.
Last Action: 4-05-07 Removed from agenda
SB 1885
by Williams - Relating
to the management of public school land and the investment of the permanent
school fund.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SB 1891
by West - Relating
to the voluntary disclosure of public information.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Criminal Justice
SB 1900
by Shapiro - Relating
to the Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education
program.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1902
by Van de Putte - Relating
to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students
at public institutions of higher education.
Last Action: 5-07-07 Not heard in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1910
by Jackson - Relating
to workers' compensation fee guidelines
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1911
by Shapleigh - Relating
to universal health coverage for Texans.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SB 1919
by Watson - Relating
to establishing a commission to study and report on the allocation of state
resources for medical education.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1939
by Van de Putte - Relating
to credit card marketing activities at postsecondary educational institutions;
providing a civil penalty.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Referred to Senate Business and Commerce
SB 1940
by Van de Putte - Relating
to educational programs and a collaborative educational initiative in the North
Texas region.
Last Action: 3-22-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 1962
by Zaffirini - Relating
to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for Prairie View A&M
University.
Last Action: 5-03-07 Left pending in Senate Finance
SB 2040
by Jackson - Relating
to coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for certain state employees.
Last Action: 5-20-07 Set on House floor calendar for 05/22/2007
SB 2048
by Shapleigh - Relating
to a prohibition against certain activities by a person employed in the
financial aid office of a public institution of higher education.
Last Action: 5-14-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SB 2049
by Zaffirini - Relating
to certain prohibitions regarding the relationship between student loan lenders
and public or private institutions of higher education.
Last Action:
5-23-07 Set on Senate Intent calendar for 05/23/2007
SCR 3
by Wentworth - Encouraging
the state's colleges and universities to implement policies to safeguard the
academic freedom of faculty and students alike and ensure the diversity of
opinion not only in the classroom and campus but beyond; and, be it further.
Last Action: 3-26-07 Left pending in Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SCR 27
by Watson - Requesting
the lieutenant governor and speaker of the House of Representatives to create a
joint interim committee to study issues relating to the higher education system
in Texas.
Last Action: 3-06-07 Referred to Senate Education
SCR 28
by Watson - Urging
the Texas congressional delegation to support legislation to expand
telemedicine/telehealth services.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars Committee
SCR 47
by Shapleigh - Requesting
that the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker appoint a select commission
on higher education and global competitiveness.
Last Action: 4-27-07 Certified for Senate Local/Consent calendar
SJR 3
by Duncan - Proposing
a constitutional amendment requiring a four-fifths record vote of the
membership of each house to enact a law granting the power of eminent domain.
Last Action: 5-02-07 Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
SJR 3
by Duncan - Proposing
a constitutional amendment requiring a four-fifths record vote of the
membership of each house to enact a law granting the power of eminent domain.
Last Action: 5-02-07 Left pending in House Land and Resource Management
SJR 9
by West - Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit a district
created to provide local funding to support public institutions of higher
education to impose an ad valorem tax if approved by the voters of the
district.
Last Action: 1-29-07 Referred to Senate Finance
SJR 18
by Zaffirini - Proposing
a constitutional amendment extending the period of maturity for bonds and notes
issued by certain higher education entities.
Last Action: 2-21-07 Referred to Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education
SJR 26
by Patrick - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to permit the attorney general to prosecute offenses
against public administration, including ethics offenses, and offenses
involving insurance fraud.
Last Action: 3-06-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SJR 28
by Wentworth - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the
governor following a legislative session.
Last Action: 3-06-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SJR 40
by Hegar - Proposing
a constitutional amendment affecting the methods by which an appointed member
of a multimember state board, commission, or other governing body may be
removed from office and providing that the holdover provision of the Texas
Constitution does not apply to the member
Last Action: 4-11-07 Left pending in Senate State Affairs
SJR 41
by Patrick - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to establish a commission on state government
spending to address waste, fraud, and abuse in state agency operations.
Last Action: 4-30-07 Not heard in Senate Government Organization
SJR 42
by Patrick - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of the legislature.
Last Action: 3-19-07 Referred to Senate State Affairs
SJR 43
by Nelson - Proposing
a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Cancer
Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of general obligation
bonds for the purpose of scientific research of all forms of human cancer.
Last Action: 5-21-07 Removed from Senate Intent calendar
SJR 45
by Ellis - Proposing
a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to authorize the
operation of limited casino gaming by licensed operators and recognized Indian
tribes and to authorize the operation of video lottery games by licensed horse
and greyhound racetrack operators and recognized Indian tribes, requiring the
legislature to create a Texas Gaming Commission to regulate gaming and
casino-based development projects in this state, and establishing a higher
education trust fund from state gaming revenues to pay tuition and fees for the
postsecondary education of Texas high school graduates.
Last Action: 4-26-07 Left pending in Senate State Affairs
SJR 48
by Ogden - Proposing
a constitutional amendment to limit the time during which a person who holds an
appointive position that is subject to senate confirmation on a multimember
state board or commission continues to perform the duties of the office after
the expiration of the person's term of office.
Last Action: 5-14-07 Voted favorably from Senate State Affairs
SJR 56
by Williams - Proposing
a constitutional amendment regarding limitations on the rate of growth of
expenditures by the state government.
Last Action: 4-16-07 Left pending in Senate Finance
SJR 60
by Duncan - Proposing
a constitutional amendment providing for the continuation of the constitutional
appropriation for facilities and other capital items at Angelo State University
on a change in the governance of the university.
Last Action: 4-19-07 Senate Education filed committee report
SJR 61
by Duncan - Proposing
a constitutional amendment increasing dedicated funding for the major repair or
rehabilitation of buildings and other permanent improvements of institutions of
higher education that were not created as a part of The University of Texas
System or The Texas A&M University System.
Last Action: 5-18-07 Sent to House Calendars committee
