| HB 221 | Author: | Menendez |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to delaying parole eligibility for an individual convicted of certain violent offenses who evades arrest and to the punishment prescribed for the offense of evading arrest or detention. |
| HB 598 | Author: | Hughes | Paxton | Madden | Lewis | Eiland |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the information displayed on certain licenses. |
| HB 963 | Author: | Guillen |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the eligibility of certain applicants for occupational licenses. |
| HB 1003 | Author: | Bolton | Herrero | Moody |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to notice provided to certain victims or witnesses regarding certain inmates or defendants who are electronically monitored. |
| HB 1711 | Author: | Turner, Sylvester | Guillen | Martinez, "Mando" | Veasey | Marquez |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to establish a comprehensive reentry and reintegration plan for offenders released or discharged from a correctional facility. |
| HB 1728 | Author: | Madden |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to issue administrative subpoenas for certain communications records. |
| HB 1963 | Author: | Kuempel |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to eliminating the limitation on lottery advertising expenses based on the lottery prize payout percentage. |
| HB 2086 | Author: | Moody |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and punishment for certain gang-related and other criminal offenses, including engaging in organized criminal activity, and to the consequences and costs of engaging in certain activities of a criminal street gang or certain other criminal activity; providing penalties. |
| HB 2102 | Author: | Dutton |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the powers and duties of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 403; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. |
| HB 2161 | Author: | Turner, Sylvester | Marquez |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to a personal identification certificate or driver's license issued to present or former inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
| HB 2289 | Author: | Madden | McReynolds | Marquez |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to discharging or releasing inmates from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at or near certain department facilities. |
| HB 2347 | Author: | Thibaut | Guillen |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers enrolled in criminal justice or law enforcement course work and for certain educational aides. |
| HB 2348 | Author: | Dutton | Flynn |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to a contract between a water district and a municipality for the provision of fire-fighting services in certain counties. |
| HB 2467 | Author: | Rodriguez | Leibowitz |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the definition of playgrounds and to including those playgrounds in the designation of certain places as drug-free zones for purposes of criminal penalties. |
| HB 2916 | Author: | McReynolds |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to allowing certain claimants to file an application under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. |
| HB 2925 | Author: | Herrero | Cohen | Creighton |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to protections provided by the Department of Agriculture for certain consumers; providing penalties. |
| HB 3005 | Author: | Coleman |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the mandatory testing of persons suspected of exposing employees of a juvenile probation department to certain diseases. |
| HB 3180 | Author: | Thompson | Lucio III | Rodriguez | Rose | Leibowitz |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
| Caption: | Relating to the licensing and regulation of commercial dog and cat breeders and the regulation of dog and cat dealers; providing penalties. |
| HB 3224 | Author: | Madden |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of arson. |
| HB 3228 | Author: | Madden |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the offense of prohibited substances and items in correctional facilities. |
| HB 3649 | Author: | Marquez | Hodge | Madden |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to a policy regarding the receipt of books by mail by an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
| HB 3907 | Author: | Madden |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 05/30/2009 H Senate appoints conferees-reported | |
| Caption: | Relating to the court-ordered administration of psychoactive medication to certain criminal defendants and to the release of those defendants from certain facilities. |
| HCR 58 | Author: | Driver | Merritt |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 03/12/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Congratulating Colonel Thomas A. Davis, Jr., on his retirement from the Texas Department of Public Safety. |
| HCR 59 | Author: | Driver | Merritt |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 03/12/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Congratulating Lieutenant Colonel David McEathron on his retirement from the Texas Department of Public Safety. |
| HCR 172 | Author: | Legler | Davis, John | Taylor | Smith, Wayne | Weber |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 05/01/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Congratulating Michelle Jackson on her selection as the 2009 Cherry Blossom Princess for the State of Texas. |
| HCR 222 | Author: | Driver |
| Sponsor: | Whitmire | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Directing the Texas Facilities Commission to submit a proposal to the presiding officers of the Texas Legislature to name Building A at the DPS Headquarters Complex in Austin in honor of Thomas A. Davis, Jr., former director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. |