| SB 9 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Hinojosa | Uresti | Gallegos | Carona | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/04/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to financial support and incentives for the development of national research universities and high-quality comprehensive regional universities and a review of the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system. |
| SB 18 | Author: | Estes |
| Coauthor: | Eltife | Hegar | Jackson, Mike | Patrick, Dan | Uresti | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Bonnen | Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the acquisition of property by entities with eminent domain authority. |
| SB 19 | Author: | Patrick, Dan |
| Coauthor: | Eltife | Huffman | Jackson, Mike | Nelson | Nichols | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/09/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the computation of the franchise tax. |
| SB 26 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 S Left pending in subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services. |
| SB 41 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Eltife | Hegar | Hinojosa | Carona | Huffman | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 02/10/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
| Caption: | Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program. |
| SB 43 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Van de Putte | West | |
| Sponsor: | Gonzalez Toureilles | |
| Last Action: | 05/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who have been under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services. |
| SB 61 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Carona | |
| Sponsor: | Vaught | |
| Last Action: | 05/29/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense. |
| SB 108 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | Watson | Gallegos | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Strama | Anchia | Lucio III | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment and funding of a green job skills training program that includes training for certain youths and young veterans. |
| SB 112 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Uresti | Zaffirini | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/2009 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of veterans court programs in this state and to pretrial intervention programs. |
| SB 145 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Davis, Wendy | Van de Putte | West | |
| Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the sale by textbook publishers of bundled instructional material for use by students at public institutions of higher education; providing a penalty. |
| SB 187 | Author: | Deuell |
| Coauthor: | Shapleigh | Van de Putte | West | |
| Sponsor: | Lucio III | |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to a Medicaid buy-in program for certain children with disabilities. |
| SB 279 | Author: | Nelson |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Uresti | |
| Sponsor: | Aycock | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to a prohibition against certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment. |
| SB 296 | Author: | West |
| Coauthor: | Deuell | Davis, Wendy | Carona | Eltife | Van de Putte | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/30/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the disclosure of certain payments or other transfers of value by manufacturers of prescription drugs, medical devices, and medical supplies; providing a penalty. |
| SB 427 | Author: | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Shapleigh | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 03/24/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to energy demand and incentives for distributed renewable generation. |
| SB 444 | Author: | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 02/17/2009 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations | |
| Caption: | Relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in real property sales; providing a civil penalty. |
| SB 482 | Author: | Ellis | Shapiro |
| Coauthor: | Carona | Lucio | Seliger | West | Wentworth | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Chisum | Cohen | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. |
| SB 515 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Wentworth | Davis, Wendy | Gallegos | |
| Last Action: | 02/17/2009 S Referred to Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. |
| SB 541 | Author: | Watson |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Ellis | Lucio | Uresti | Shapleigh | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Farabee | Kent | Burnam | Strama | |
| Last Action: | 05/26/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to renewable energy and to incentives for Texas renewable energy jobs and manufacturing. |
| SB 545 | Author: | Fraser |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Sponsor: | Strama | Keffer | Coleman | Farabee | Swinford | |
| Last Action: | 05/25/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a distributed and wholesale solar generation incentive program and to encouraging the use of solar energy devices. |
| SB 548 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to public school accountability for bilingual education and English as a second language and other special language programs. |
| SB 553 | Author: | Lucio | West |
| Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Ellis | Deuell | Wentworth | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the disclosure of certain economic benefits provided to health professionals in the marketing of prescription drugs, medical devices, and medical supplies; providing penalties. |
| SB 607 | Author: | Uresti |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Wentworth | Zaffirini | |
| Last Action: | 03/26/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to enrollment requirements for the operation of Texas A&M University--San Antonio as a general academic teaching institution and the issuance of bonds for that institution. |
| SB 630 | Author: | Davis, Wendy |
| Coauthor: | Watson | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
| Caption: | Relating to utility bill payment protection for elderly or disabled persons. |
| SB 639 | Author: | Lucio |
| Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Davis, Wendy | Deuell | Ellis | Van de Putte | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the rights of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities residing in state schools. |
| SB 688 | Author: | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/19/2009 H Referred to Land & Resource Management | |
| Caption: | Relating to the mitigation of the impact of residential development in public school districts. |
| SB 751 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Sponsor: | Herrero | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the use of restraints in state schools. |
| SB 815 | Author: | Watson |
| Coauthor: | Deuell | Lucio | Van de Putte | Davis, Wendy | West | |
| Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Referred to Insurance | |
| Caption: | Relating to consumer labeling requirements for and the provision of certain information concerning health benefit plans; providing penalties. |
| SB 819 | Author: | Davis, Wendy |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | West | Van de Putte | Zaffirini | Nelson | |
| Sponsor: | Howard, Donna | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education. |
| SB 841 | Author: | Averitt |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Eltife | West | Williams | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 05/25/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the child health plan program. |
| SB 843 | Author: | Uresti |
| Coauthor: | Zaffirini | Van de Putte | Hinojosa | Watson | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Castro | Martinez Fischer | Lucio III | Bolton | Leibowitz | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to protective orders against dating violence. |
| SB 847 | Author: | Averitt |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Zaffirini | |
| Sponsor: | Anderson | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to applicability of fee exemptions for military personnel and their children to certain course fees charged by public technical institutes and public state colleges. |
| SB 872 | Author: | Lucio |
| Coauthor: | Hegar | Carona | Deuell | Jackson, Mike | Patrick, Dan | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Menendez | |
| Last Action: | 05/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to continued health insurance coverage and financial assistance for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty. |
| SB 900 | Author: | Deuell |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Davis, Wendy | |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to the collection and use of certain information by health benefit plan issuers; providing administrative penalties. |
| SB 944 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Uresti | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to a grant program to provide children at risk of hunger or obesity with increased access to nutritious foods. |
| SB 961 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | West | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Eiland | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the sale of certain annuities. |
| SB 965 | Author: | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Watson | West | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Referred to Insurance | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain education requirements for insurance agents who sell annuities. |
| SB 986 | Author: | Davis, Wendy |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | West | |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
| Caption: | Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation. |
| SB 1030 | Author: | Shapleigh | Uresti | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing certain health care services for certain military servicemembers. |
| SB 1049 | Author: | Uresti |
| Coauthor: | Hinojosa | Huffman | Nelson | Carona | Wentworth | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of tobacco products; providing penalties. |
| SB 1052 | Author: | Uresti |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to a foster children's bill of rights. |
| SB 1100 | Author: | Watson |
| Coauthor: | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Van de Putte | Wentworth | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to the improvement of women's health by providing certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases. |
| SB 1155 | Author: | Davis, Wendy |
| Coauthor: | Watson | Deuell | Lucio | Van de Putte | Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain content requirements for an insurance consumer information website. |
| SB 1159 | Author: | Carona |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
| Caption: | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to continuing the exemption on the same property for the surviving spouse or children of such a veteran, and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating. |
| SB 1168 | Author: | Hinojosa |
| Coauthor: | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | West | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Smithee | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to a rescission period for annuity contracts. |
| SB 1345 | Author: | Watson |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Deuell | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 S Left pending in subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain orally administered anticancer medications. |
| SB 1443 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Carona | Eltife | Gallegos | Nichols | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Branch | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the academic costs charged to resident undergraduate students by general academic teaching institutions and to certain reports regarding certain costs of those institutions. |
| SB 1569 | Author: | Eltife |
| Coauthor: | Ellis | Van de Putte | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Strama | Deshotel | Harless | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/2009 H Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal | |
| Caption: | Relating to unemployment compensation modernization. |
| SB 1611 | Author: | Davis, Wendy |
| Coauthor: | Lucio | Van de Putte | Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/17/2009 S Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to the cancellation of a health benefit plan on the basis of misrepresentation or a preexisting condition; providing penalties. |
| SB 1664 | Author: | Wentworth |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 03/31/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to state financial assistance to school districts that make contributions for social security coverage. |
| SB 1715 | Author: | West |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | Lucio | |
| Sponsor: | Giddings | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the requirements for a smoke detector in multifamily and other residential units. |
| SB 1732 | Author: | West |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Sponsor: | Harless | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to safety requirements for public swimming pools and other artificial bodies of water. |
| SB 1805 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Carona | Ogden | Whitmire | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/07/2009 S No action taken in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to contracting issues of state agencies, including ethics issues related to state contracting. |
| SB 1854 | Author: | West |
| Coauthor: | Hinojosa | Uresti | Van de Putte | Watson | Ellis | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dolores C. Huerta. |
| SB 2014 | Author: | Duncan | Ellis |
| Coauthor: | Shapiro | Van de Putte | West | |
| Last Action: | 05/07/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to compensation of persons wrongfully imprisoned. |
| SB 2131 | Author: | Davis, Wendy |
| Coauthor: | Shapleigh | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/05/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of credit services organizations. |
| SB 2251 | Author: | Zaffirini |
| Coauthor: | Hinojosa | Gallegos | Lucio | Uresti | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 04/30/2009 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to memorial monuments on the Capitol grounds, including the Tejano monument. |
| SJR 33 | Author: | Carona |
| Coauthor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 03/13/2009 S Referred to Finance | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran or the principal place of residence of the surviving minor children of such a disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled on the same property. |