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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Alma Allen
85th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/17/2026
Number of Bills: 37

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (25):
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
02/16/2017 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 16 2017 11:33AM
Caption:
Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.
Author:
Allen | Reynolds | Cortez
Last Action:
05/01/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/01/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to certain benefits paid by the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Allen | Reynolds | Vo
Last Action:
02/16/2017 H Referred to Public Education: Feb 16 2017 11:33AM
Caption:
Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
02/21/2017 H Referred to Transportation: Feb 21 2017 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to notice provided to persons with disabilities regarding the eligibility of persons with disabilities to use certain public transportation services.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/02/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of air contaminant emissions in the emissions permitting process.
Author:
Allen | Guillen | White
Last Action:
05/05/2017 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of a criminal defendant for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
Author:
Allen | White
Sponsor:
Burton
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of a certificate of relief from collateral consequences to certain persons placed on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, for certain criminal offenses.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/09/2017 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to a community supervision and corrections department policy regarding supervision officer meetings and visits.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
04/25/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to conditions of community supervision prohibiting contact with certain persons.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
03/22/2017 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 22 2017 11:37AM
Caption:
Relating to certified food managers in food establishments in certain counties.
Author:
Allen | Thompson, Senfronia
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/19/2017 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring school districts and certain facilities to assist students in making the transition back to school after certain prolonged placements outside of school.
Author:
Allen | White
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the conditions of community supervision.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/12/2017 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to policies on the recess period in public schools.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
03/29/2017 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 29 2017 5:44PM
Caption:
Relating to the development of healthy nutrition and physical activity guidelines for public school teachers, public school administrators, and licensed child-care providers.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
03/29/2017 H Referred to Public Education: Mar 29 2017 5:44PM
Caption:
Relating to eliminating performance requirements for public school assessments as a criterion for promotion in certain grade levels and the use of individual graduation committees to satisfy certain public high school graduation requirements.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/02/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to permit application requirements for solid waste facilities.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
03/29/2017 H Referred to Environmental Regulation: Mar 29 2017 5:44PM
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a permit under the Clean Air Act for a facility located within a five-mile radius of another permitted facility.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
03/29/2017 H Referred to Elections: Mar 29 2017 5:44PM
Caption:
Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans.
Author:
Allen
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
05/28/2017 S House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to annual reporting regarding the establishment of certain school district planning and decision-making committees.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/01/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to certain persons arrested under a warrant.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/12/2017 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to transition planning for a public school student enrolled in a special education program.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to revoking the charter of an open-enrollment charter school based on certain performance during the 2015-2016 school year.
Author:
Allen
Last Action:
04/13/2017 H Reported enrolled: Apr 13 2017 2:49PM
Caption:
Honoring Dr. Richard Jewel Rose of Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Houston for his service as Pastor of the Day.
Joint Author (12):
Author:
Dutton | Allen
Last Action:
02/14/2017 H Referred to Elections: Feb 14 2017 11:44AM
Caption:
Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter.
Author:
Anchia | Perez | Allen
Last Action:
05/04/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to higher education curriculum review teams to review public school curriculum standards for college readiness purposes.
Author:
Wu | Huberty | Bernal | Allen | King, Ken
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition of a monitoring system performance indicator based solely on the number or percentage of students receiving special education services.
Author:
Farrar | Collier | Allen
Last Action:
04/24/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed; creating a civil action.
Author:
Farrar | Bernal | González, Mary | Allen
Last Action:
04/27/2017 H Failed to pass to engrossment
Caption:
Relating to social work services in public schools.
Author:
Arévalo | Allen | Dutton | Bernal | Gervin-Hawkins
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the new instructional facility allotment under the foundation school program.
Author:
Hinojosa, Gina | Allen
Last Action:
04/27/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school.
Author:
Farrar | Allen | Howard
Last Action:
04/17/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to abolishing the death penalty.
Author:
Walle | Allen
Last Action:
03/20/2017 H Referred to Environmental Regulation: Mar 20 2017 3:24PM
Caption:
Relating to the operating hours of concrete plants in certain counties issued a standard permit by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; amending a provision subject to a criminal penalty.
Author:
Dukes | Dutton | Allen
Last Action:
04/25/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to authorization for a caregiver who is a relative to enroll a child in school.
Author:
Dutton | Allen | Wu
Last Action:
04/11/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to including students enrolled in open-enrollment charter schools in the determination of a district's weighted average daily attendance for purposes of complying with equalized wealth level requirements.
Author:
Thompson, Ed | Paul | Allen | Reynolds | Kacal
Last Action:
02/23/2017 H Reported enrolled: Feb 23 2017 1:55PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 22, 2017, as Pearland Day at the State Capitol.
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