Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 87
Author:
Wu | Raymond | Davis, Sarah | Rose | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
05/31/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to child protective services suits, motions, and services by the Department of Family and Protective Services and to the licensing of certain facilities, homes, and agencies that provide child-care services.
Author:
Bonnen, Dennis
Coauthor:
Elkins | Keough | Metcalf | Rinaldi | Simmons
Last Action:
03/06/2017 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 6 2017 3:34PM
Caption:
Relating to ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Bonnen, Dennis | Murphy | Springer | Longoria | Simmons
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Bohac | Bonnen, Greg | Burns | Burrows | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/22/2017 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the use of certain surplus state revenue, in certain circumstances, to adjust franchise tax rates to phase out the franchise tax and to the expiration of that tax.
Author:
Flynn | Leach | Burkett | Parker | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Bonnen, Dennis | Cain | Dale | Dean | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/14/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to requiring the Texas Supreme Court to adopt rules and provide judicial instruction regarding the application of foreign laws in certain family law cases.
Author:
Flynn | Burkett | White | Minjarez | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Cosper | Keough | King, Phil | Metcalf | et al.
Last Action:
02/13/2017 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 13 2017 3:06PM
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of raw milk and raw milk products.
Author:
Krause
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Bohac | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2017 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
Author:
King, Phil | Goldman | Alvarado | Davis, Sarah | Cook
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bell | Biedermann | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
05/02/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to state contracts with and investments in companies that boycott Israel.
Author:
Krause
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Cain | Flynn | Hefner | Huberty | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a divorce on the ground of insupportability.
Author:
Paddie | Thompson, Senfronia | Nevárez | Kuempel | Morrison, Geanie W.
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
05/29/2017 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of transportation network companies; requiring an occupational permit; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Keough
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
02/14/2017 H Referred to Transportation: Feb 14 2017 11:25AM
Caption:
Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
Author:
Burkett | Bailes | Laubenberg | Raney
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bell | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to certain prohibited abortions and the treatment and disposition of a human fetus, human fetal tissue, and embryonic and fetal tissue remains; creating a civil cause of action; imposing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
King, Phil | Zerwas | Kacal | Cook | Burns
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bailes | Burkett | Button | Clardy | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun.
Author:
Burrows | Landgraf | Springer | Kacal | Murr
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Last Action:
02/16/2017 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Feb 16 2017 11:33AM
Caption:
Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun.
Author:
Raney | Guillen | Clardy | Minjarez | Button
Coauthor:
Arévalo | Ashby | Darby | Frank | Frullo | et al.
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
06/01/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting certain sex offenders from residing on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education.
Author:
Stickland | Schaefer | Rinaldi | Leach
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Cain | Hefner | Isaac | Keough | et al.
Last Action:
03/28/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to providing for the carrying of handguns without a license and to related offenses and penalties.
Author:
Rinaldi | Kuempel | Leach | Phelan | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Biedermann | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from application of the Private Security Act for volunteer security services provided at a place of religious worship.
Author:
King, Phil | Phillips | Sanford | Murphy
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Button | Cain | Dale | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2017 H Referred to Higher Education: Feb 21 2017 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements of public institutions of higher education regarding student organization membership.
Author:
Simmons | Workman | Bailes
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bell | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to eliminating the wrongful birth cause of action.
Author:
King, Ken
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
02/20/2017 H Referred to Human Services: Feb 20 2017 3:08PM
Caption:
Relating to the drug testing of certain persons seeking benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Author:
White
Coauthor:
Cain | Flynn | Gervin-Hawkins | Keough | Metcalf | et al.
Last Action:
02/20/2017 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues: Feb 20 2017 3:08PM
Caption:
Relating to equal parenting orders in suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Author:
Anderson, Rodney | Davis, Sarah | Howard | Oliverson | Bernal
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bell | Capriglione | Darby | Faircloth | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of hearing aids and cochlear implants for certain individuals.
Author:
Rinaldi | Guillen | Schofield
Coauthor:
Cain | Dean | Fallon | Hefner | Keough | et al.
Last Action:
03/28/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the liability of a business that allows handguns to be carried on the business's premises.
Author:
Geren | Johnson, Eric | Howard | King, Phil | Davis, Sarah
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Bailes | Bohac | Burns | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers.
Author:
VanDeaver | Isaac | Deshotel | Ashby | Huberty
Coauthor:
Arévalo | Bernal | Bonnen, Greg | Burns | Cain | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor, Larry
Last Action:
05/27/2017 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to assessment of public school students and providing accelerated instruction and eliminating performance requirements based on performance on certain assessment instruments.
Author:
Schofield | Shaheen
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2017 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to regulation by a property owners' association of certain religious displays.
Author:
Raney | Cook | Parker | Ashby | Murr
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | Burkett | Burns | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the required vote by a presidential elector.
Author:
Deshotel | Thompson, Senfronia | Minjarez
Coauthor:
Farrar | Metcalf | Parker
Last Action:
02/23/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2017 4:07PM
Caption:
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Workman | Shine | Dale | Isaac | Villalba
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce certain regulations regarding whether a private employer may obtain or consider an employment applicant's or employee's criminal history record information.
Author:
Parker | Price | Frullo | Fallon | Krause
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Bonnen, Greg | Burrows | Cain | Capriglione | et al.
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
05/16/2017 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the security of the electric grid.
Author:
Klick
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 21 2017 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the performance of dismemberment abortions; providing penalties; creating a criminal offense.
Author:
Geren | Workman | Kuempel | Bonnen, Dennis | Simmons
Coauthor:
Bell | Bohac | Bonnen, Greg | Burns | Button | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 23 2017 11:53AM
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement by certain governmental entities of state and federal laws governing immigration and to the duties of law enforcement agencies concerning certain arrested persons.
Author:
Kacal
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
05/26/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the operation of all-terrain vehicles and recreational off-highway vehicles.
Author:
Kacal
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Greg | Metcalf | Oliverson | Raney
Last Action:
02/21/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 21 2017 12:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding the immigration status of an arrested person and the enforcement of an immigration detainer.
Author:
Roberts | Keough | Walle | Alvarado | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor:
Allen | Bell | Johnson, Jarvis | Metcalf | Oliverson | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
Author:
Kacal
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
05/26/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates for recipients of the Star of Texas Award.
Author:
Wray | Price | Burns | Phelan
Coauthor:
Bohac | Burrows | Hefner | Holland | Krause | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of handguns by and an exemption from application of the Private Security Act of certain persons who provide security services on a volunteer basis at an established place of religious worship.
Author:
Kacal | Frullo
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bailes | Bonnen, Dennis | Clardy | et al.
Last Action:
03/06/2017 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Mar 6 2017 3:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the removal of a fee for the issuance of an original, duplicate, modified, or renewed license to carry a handgun.
Author:
Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Biedermann | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health plan and health benefit plan coverage for abortions.
Author:
Kacal
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
05/04/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the abolishment of the State Council on Competitive Government and the transfer of its functions to the comptroller.
Author:
Davis, Sarah | Button
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bell | Bohac | Burrows | Cosper | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting governmental contracts with a company doing business with Iran, Sudan, or a foreign terrorist organization.
Author:
Schaefer
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Button | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2017 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Feb 23 2017 4:07PM
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from certain security licensure of certain persons who provide security services on a volunteer basis at a private primary or secondary school or at a place of religious worship.
Author:
Roberts | Button | Parker | Kacal
Coauthor:
Bailes | Biedermann | Cain | Capriglione | Dale | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the required repeal of a state agency rule and a government growth impact statement before adoption of a new state agency rule.
Author:
Sanford | Shaheen
Coauthor:
Capriglione | Faircloth | Johnson, Jarvis | Keough | Metcalf | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2017 H Transferred to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to the number of emissions inspections performed by certain vehicle inspection stations.
Author:
Isaac | Anderson, Rodney | Deshotel | VanDeaver | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Burns | Cain | Capriglione | Fallon | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, including assessment of students and appraisal of teachers.
Author:
Cain | Lang | Keough | Bell
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Bohac | Faircloth | Hefner | Isaac | et al.
Last Action:
02/27/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Feb 27 2017 3:33PM
Caption:
Relating to protection for reporting the existence of certain immigration policies of a governmental entity.
Author:
Price | Frullo | Romero, Jr. | Bernal | Klick
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Cain | Capriglione | Darby | et al.
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the definition of the least restrictive environment for the placement of children in foster care.
Author:
Neave | Thompson, Senfronia | Davis, Sarah | Price | Moody
Coauthor:
Anchia | Arévalo | Blanco | Gervin-Hawkins | Giddings | et al.
Sponsor:
Garcia
Last Action:
05/29/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to establishing and funding a grant program for testing evidence collected in relation to sexual assaults or other sex offenses; authorizing voluntary contributions.
Author:
Bonnen, Greg | Lucio III | Parker | Frullo | Phillips
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
05/26/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to actions on and liability associated with certain insurance claims.
Author:
Flynn | Keough | Paul | Burkett | Krause
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Button | Cain | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to issuing a marriage license and conducting a marriage ceremony.
Author:
Krause | Sanford
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | Hefner | et al.
Last Action:
03/13/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 13 2017 3:28PM
Caption:
Relating to the protection of religious beliefs and moral convictions regarding marriage.
Author:
Schaefer | Simmons
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Biedermann | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Last Action:
03/15/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 15 2017 4:17PM
Caption:
Relating to providing information regarding perinatal hospice care and prohibiting discriminatory abortions; creating an administrative penalty, a civil remedy, and criminal offenses.
Author:
Bonnen, Greg
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Biedermann | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to general procedures and requirements for do-not-resuscitate orders.
Author:
Kacal
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
06/09/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to workers' compensation death benefit eligibility for certain spouses of first responders killed in the line of duty.
Author:
Wray | Cook
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the assessment of damages for certain condemnations by a high-speed rail company.
Author:
Wray
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to clarification of the law regarding the authority of a high-speed rail company to exercise the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Wray
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
05/04/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the elevation of high-speed rail tracks in certain counties.
Author:
Wray
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the use of private activity bonds to finance high-speed rail service.
Author:
Wray | Cook
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to entry onto property to survey for a high-speed rail facility.
Author:
Schubert
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
05/04/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to state money or credit or a state guarantee used or provided for high-speed rail owned by a private entity.
Author:
Schubert | Workman
Coauthor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to authorization to enter onto property to survey for a proposed high-speed rail facility.
Author:
Schubert | Workman | Ashby | Cook
Coauthor:
Bell | Metcalf | Wray
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Transportation: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the security of high-speed rail operated by a private entity.
Author:
Ashby | Rinaldi | Bailes | Bell | Workman
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
05/04/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of state money for high-speed rail operated by a private entity.
Author:
Cook | Workman
Coauthor:
Metcalf | Schubert
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Land & Resource Management: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition and disposition of real property intended for high-speed rail projects.
Author:
Krause | Dean | Guillen | Villalba | Blanco
Coauthor:
Allen | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
03/21/2017 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety: Mar 21 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the blue alert system to aid in the apprehension of an individual suspected of killing or causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer.
Author:
Bell | Flynn | Miller | White | Schaefer
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Keough | Lang | Leach | Metcalf | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act.
Author:
Fallon | Button | Turner | Raymond | Geren
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
Author:
Gutierrez | Flynn | Lozano | Blanco | Clardy
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2017 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a trauma affected veterans clinical care and research center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
Author:
Pickett | Zerwas | Raymond | Wray | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Burkett | Button | Guerra | Johnson, Jarvis | et al.
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
06/09/2017 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an alert for a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease.
Author:
Schaefer
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | Hefner | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 27 2017 5:19PM
Caption:
Relating to protecting freedom of conscience from government discrimination.
Author:
Lang
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Flynn | Hefner | Huberty | et al.
Last Action:
03/30/2017 H Referred to County Affairs: Mar 30 2017 1:18PM
Caption:
Relating to issuing a marriage license and conducting a marriage ceremony.
Author:
Oliverson | Israel | Laubenberg | Johnson, Eric | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Arévalo | Bailes | Burkett | Burns | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to early in-person voting by voters who reside at a residential care facility.
Author:
Sanford
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | Hefner | et al.
Last Action:
03/29/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 29 2017 5:44PM
Caption:
Relating to the rights of wedding industry professionals and their employees in connection with the provision of goods, services, and facilities that would violate a sincerely held religious belief.
Author:
Sanford
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | Hefner | et al.
Last Action:
03/29/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 29 2017 5:44PM
Caption:
Relating to the right of conscientious refusal of a health care service.
Author:
Simmons
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of discrimination by political subdivisions.
Author:
Capriglione | Sheffield | Springer | Laubenberg | Burkett
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
05/26/2017 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to reporting requirements by certain physicians and health care facilities for abortion complications; authorizing a civil penalty.
Author:
Oliverson | Smithee | Cook | Turner
Coauthor:
Anderson, Rodney | Arévalo | Bell | Bernal | Biedermann | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor, Larry
Last Action:
05/26/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to notice of health benefit plan provider network status provided by certain freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
Author:
Kuempel | Bonnen, Greg
Coauthor:
Ashby | Button | Cain | Flynn | Huberty | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions.
Author:
Stucky | González, Mary | Ashby | Springer | Cyrier
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/08/2017 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the study and approval of lethal pesticides for feral hog control.
Author:
Oliverson
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/30/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 30 2017 1:18PM
Caption:
Relating to civil actions based on and local governmental punishment of a person's refusal to violate the person's sincerely held religious belief.
Author:
Wilson | VanDeaver | Oliverson | Lucio III | Meyer
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Arévalo | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency.
Author:
King, Ken | Kuempel | Dale | Dutton | VanDeaver
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Bailes | Bohac | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to improper relationships between educators and students and reporting of educator misconduct; creating a criminal offense and expanding the applicability of an existing offense; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Rinaldi | Sanford | Fallon
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cain | Flynn | Hefner | et al.
Last Action:
03/30/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Mar 30 2017 4:12PM
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the conduct of certain counseling professions.
Author:
Frank | Cook | Dale | Bonnen, Greg | Sanford
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bell | Biedermann | Bonnen, Dennis | Burkett | et al.
Sponsor:
Perry
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to protection of the rights of conscience for child welfare services providers.
Author:
Stephenson
Coauthor:
Clardy | Krause | Metcalf | Phelan | VanDeaver | et al.
Last Action:
02/15/2017 H Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select: Feb 15 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Urging Congress to abolish the current income-based system of taxation.
Author:
Flynn | King, Phil | Shine | Bonnen, Dennis | Longoria
Coauthor:
Cain | Gonzales, Larry | Metcalf | Miller | Murphy | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2017 H Adopted
Caption:
Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border.
Author:
Shine | Cosper | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Arévalo | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor, Van
Last Action:
05/29/2017 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Recognizing Texas as a Purple Heart State.
Author:
Miller | Zerwas | Burns | Larson | Price
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Ashby | Bailes | Bell | et al.
Last Action:
04/13/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.