Author:
Nixon | Allen | Capelo | Woolley | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Baxter | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Ratliff
Last Action:
06/11/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to reform of certain procedures and remedies in civil actions.
Author:
Corte | Wohlgemuth | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Talton | Smith, Todd | Brown, Betty | Zedler | Denny | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense.
Author:
Hodge
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited during a term of imprisonment.
Author:
Chisum | Geren | Kuempel | Campbell | Hopson
Coauthor:
Smith, Todd | Flynn | Eissler | West, George "Buddy" | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or a civil union.
Author:
Wolens | Denny | Madden
Coauthor:
Mercer | Riddle | Wong | Harper-Brown
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to certain early voting by mail procedures and to the prevention of voting fraud generally; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
McClendon
Coauthor:
Mercer | Riddle | Homer | Paxton | Truitt
Last Action:
02/03/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the observance of one minute of silence during the school day in public schools.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Brown, Betty | Gattis | McClendon | Chavez
Coauthor:
Guillen | Branch | Hunter | Jones, Elizabeth | Menendez | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to limiting the amount of county, municipal, or junior college district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their surviving spouses.
Author:
West, George "Buddy" | Pena | Casteel | Allen | Crabb
Coauthor:
Van Arsdale | King | Morrison | Wong | Riddle
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from owning or serving in certain capacities on behalf of a sexually oriented business; creating an offense and providing a penalty.
Author:
Howard | Isett | Berman | Corte | Seaman
Coauthor:
Smith, Wayne | Hughes | Eissler | Hochberg | Mercer | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/18/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to benefits for members of the state military forces called to active state duty.
Author:
Wohlgemuth | Delisi | Capelo
Coauthor:
Mercer | Brown, Betty | Hunter | Riddle
Last Action:
02/06/2003 H Referred to Civil Practices
Caption:
Relating to health care liability claims.
Author:
Hope
Coauthor:
Stick | West, George "Buddy" | Campbell | Berman | Hegar | et al.
Sponsor:
Staples
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the display of the United States national motto in public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.
Author:
Seaman | Keffer, Jim | Dawson
Coauthor:
Guillen | Geren | Casteel | Campbell | Chavez | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/16/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to career and technology education and training.
Author:
Allen | Olivo | Hupp | Wohlgemuth | Deshotel
Coauthor:
Smith, Todd | Howard | Talton | Brown, Betty | Zedler | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the death of or injury to an unborn child; providing penalties.
Author:
Davis, John | Pena | Hilderbran | Cook, Byron | Geren
Coauthor:
Taylor | Keel | Isett | Hughes | Riddle | et al.
Sponsor:
Barrientos
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month.
Author:
Naishtat | Seaman | Raymond | Madden | Menendez
Coauthor:
Capelo | Bohac | King | Riddle | Rose | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/11/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators, civil liability for mold remediation, and insurance coverage on mold claims; providing civil and administrative penalties.
Author:
Hamric
Coauthor:
Riddle
Sponsor:
Lindsay
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to the public sale of certain real property; providing penalties.
Author:
Seaman | Smithee | Eiland | Thompson | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Campbell | Canales | Capelo | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2003 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the licensing of public insurance adjusters; providing administrative and criminal penalties.
Author:
Miller | Hupp | Delisi
Coauthor:
Hunter | Wong | Riddle
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/07/2003 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to resident tuition for military personnel and their dependents.
Author:
Martinez Fischer | Keel | Villarreal | Merritt | Phillips
Coauthor:
Chavez | Riddle
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for certain property offenses committed against an elderly individual.
Author:
Denny
Coauthor:
Riddle
Last Action:
04/28/2003 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to providing notice concerning certain school district purchases.
Author:
Wong | Heflin | Bohac | Noriega | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Eissler | Davis, John | Crabb | Woolley | Pena | et al.
Last Action:
03/13/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Wohlgemuth | Flores | Hupp | Uresti | Berman
Coauthor:
Truitt | Homer | Mercer | Riddle | Miller
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to military discharge records that are recorded with or otherwise in the possession of a governmental body.
Author:
Mowery | Keel | Crabb | Thompson | Turner
Coauthor:
Berman | Eissler | Hope | Zedler | Denny | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a revision of the procedures for municipal annexation.
Author:
Berman | Cook, Byron | Denny | Hupp
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Howard | Hunter | Davis, John | Swinford | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to fetal pain prevention; providing penalties.
Author:
Smithee | Seaman | Edwards | Gallego
Coauthor:
Keffer, Bill | Taylor | Wong | Cook, Byron | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to rate information to be filed by certain insurers of residential property; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Bohac | Harper-Brown | Laubenberg | Rose | Eissler
Coauthor:
Dawson | Hamilton | Wong | Taylor | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements at the beginning of each school day in public schools.
Author:
Pitts | Campbell | Branch
Coauthor:
Riddle
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a savings incentive program for state agencies.
Author:
Branch | Bohac | McClendon | Eissler | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Paxton | Corte | Allen | Berman | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags and to observance of one minute of silence in public schools.
Author:
Hupp | Allen | Wilson | Driver | Keel
Coauthor:
Bailey | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the application of criminal trespass laws to persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Woolley | Giddings
Coauthor:
King | Riddle
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/18/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to the operation of certain employer coalitions and cooperatives established for the provision of health benefits coverage.
Author:
Talton
Coauthor:
Riddle
Last Action:
05/13/2003 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make a warrantless arrest when a person confesses to committing a felony.
Author:
Flores | Marchant | Driver | Ritter | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Harper-Brown | Keffer, Bill | Puente | Hodge | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair facilities; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Madden
Coauthor:
Riddle
Sponsor:
Madla
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the use of a building on a federal military base or facility as a polling place in an election.
Author:
King | Bonnen | Jones, Jesse | Luna | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Berman | Hegar | Keffer, Bill | Zedler | Howard | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2003 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of cloning of human beings; providing penalties.
Author:
Callegari
Coauthor:
Riddle | Van Arsdale
Last Action:
05/05/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the service area of the North Harris Montgomery Community College District.
Author:
Bonnen | Ritter | Chisum | Luna | Hochberg
Coauthor:
Wong | Riddle | Pena
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/22/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Hupp | Grusendorf
Coauthor:
King | Zedler | Riddle
Sponsor:
Staples
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a recommendation by a school district employee concerning a use of a psychotropic drug by a student or suggestion of a particular diagnosis and to refusal by a parent or certain other person to consent to administration of a psychotropic drug to a student or to psychiatric evaluation or examination of a student.
Author:
Keel | Raymond | Naishtat | Stick | Chavez
Coauthor:
Riddle
Last Action:
05/09/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault committed against residents of certain facilities.
Author:
Keel | Raymond | Naishtat | Stick | Chavez
Coauthor:
Riddle
Last Action:
05/09/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to creating offenses for abandoning or endangering an elderly individual or disabled individual and for failing to provide certain care for a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
Author:
Howard | Madden | Heflin | Talton | Flynn
Coauthor:
Casteel | Laubenberg | Zedler | Hughes | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the State Board of Education regarding public school curriculum and textbooks.
Author:
Goodman | Hamric | Truitt | Thompson | Solis
Coauthor:
Allen | Brown, Fred | Canales | Castro | Corte | et al.
Last Action:
03/10/2003 H Referred to Regulated Industries
Caption:
Relating to regulation of high-speed Internet access and broadband services.
Author:
Delisi
Coauthor:
Miller | Riddle
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/18/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to prevention of fraud and abuse under the medical assistance program; creating an offense.
Author:
Hughes | Dutton | Smith, Todd
Coauthor:
Berman | Branch | Cook, Byron | Dawson | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to Celebrate Freedom Week and to certain instruction in social studies classes in public schools.
Author:
Branch | Denny | Marchant | Raymond | Turner
Coauthor:
Allen | Baxter | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/18/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to the date of the primary election.
Author:
Homer | Phillips | Seaman
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2003 S Referred to Infrastructure Dev & Security
Caption:
Relating to designation of Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road.
Author:
Delisi | Capelo | Driver | Heflin | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Jones, Elizabeth | Wong | Hegar | Canales | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2003 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the driver responsibility program to fund certain emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care systems in this state.
Author:
Bohac | Hegar | Bonnen | Wong | Howard
Coauthor:
Talton | Nixon | Elkins | Dawson | Crabb | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
05/28/2003 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to limiting the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Stick | Hupp | Bohac | Hopson | Driver
Coauthor:
Allen | Baxter | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of concealed handgun licenses to residents of certain other states and to reciprocity agreements with other states concerning concealed handgun licenses.
Author:
Hamric | Davis, Yvonne | Luna | Gutierrez | Mowery
Coauthor:
Bohac | Callegari | Hill | Riddle | Van Arsdale
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
06/20/2003 E Effective on 1/1/04
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.
Author:
Eissler | Branch | Bonnen | Griggs | Stick
Coauthor:
Bohac | Callegari | Corte | Dawson | Denny | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2003 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Memorializing the U.S. Congress to support President Bush's policies of war on terrorism, homeland security, and disarmament action against Iraq.
Author:
Nixon
Coauthor:
Allen | Baxter | Berman | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/20/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning civil lawsuits against doctors and health care providers, and other actions, authorizing the legislature to determine limitations on non-economic damages.
Author:
McReynolds
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Armbrister
Last Action:
05/29/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing municipalities to donate surplus fire-fighting equipment or supplies for the benefit of rural volunteer fire departments.
Author:
Van Arsdale | Merritt | Wong | Baxter | Keel
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/04/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 4 2003 8:30AM
Caption:
Congratulating the members of The University of Texas men's basketball team on earning a berth in the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Final Four and extending to them sincere best wishes for continued success.
Author:
Merritt | Van Arsdale | Rose | Pitts | Elkins
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 5:30PM
Caption:
Congratulating the members of the University of Texas women's basketball team on advancing to the NCAA 2003 Final Four and extending to them sincere best wishes for continued success in their quest for the national championship.
Author:
Wong | Woolley | Turner | Edwards | Moreno, Joe E.
Coauthor:
Riddle | Bohac
Last Action:
06/06/2003 H Reported enrolled: Jun 6 2003 9:30AM
Caption:
Congratulating Rudy Tomjanovich on his retirement as head coach of the Houston Rockets.