BILLS REFERRED TODAY
2005-04-21
HB 56 Denny/ Bohac/ Hughes/ Branch
Relating to the offense of tampering with a direct recording
electronic voting machine; providing criminal penalties.
State Affairs
HB 57 Denny/ Branch
Relating to the dates on which elections may be held and certain
procedures involving the uniform election held in May.
State Affairs
HB 248 Goodman
Relating to the amendment of certain qualified domestic relations
orders.
Jurisprudence
HB 291 Goolsby
Relating to victim notification regarding the release of certain
defendants following acquittal by reason of insanity.
Criminal Justice
HB 311 McReynolds
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of making
a false report to a peace officer or law enforcement employee.
Criminal Justice
HB 348 Chisum
Relating to limiting the authority of a property owner to erect a
gate on certain third-class and neighborhood roads.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 383 Dutton/ et al.
Relating to the right of certain persons to discipline a child.
Jurisprudence
HB 571 Hegar/ Howard
Relating to the establishment of auxiliary county facilities in the
unincorporated area of a county.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 649 Krusee
Relating to the funding of transportation projects by the Texas
Department of Transportation.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 678 Goodman/ et al.
Relating to the accrual of interest on overdue child support.
Jurisprudence
HB 758 Denny/ Rodriguez/ Hegar/ Coleman/ Alonzo/ et al.
Relating to a pilot program allowing for countywide voting
locations in certain elections.
State Affairs
HB 856 Callegari
Relating to the general powers, authority, and directors of the
West Harris County Regional Water Authority.
Natural Resources
HB 942 Geren
Relating to the registration of antique boats with the Parks and
Wildlife Department.
Natural Resources
HB 1015 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Examiners of Psychologists.
Government Organization
HB 1088 Thompson
Relating to an automobile club membership offered in connection
with a loan.
Business & Commerce
HB 1126 Uresti
Relating to emergency medical services vehicles and personnel.
Health & Human Services
HB 1155 Truitt/ Solomons/ Hamric
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas State Board
of Examiners of Dietitians.
Government Organization
HB 1185 Smithee/ Branch
Relating to the exemptions from ad valorem taxation of real and
personal property of a religious organization or a school.
Finance
HB 1262 Farabee
Relating to the collection and dissemination by the Department of
Public Safety of information relating to certain threats against
detention officers.
Criminal Justice
HB 1304 Wong
Relating to sanitation requirements for certain barbering and
cosmetology services.
Business & Commerce
HB 1347 Isett
Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance
with a traffic-control signal on a highway under its jurisdiction
by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 1685 Dukes/ Naishtat/ et al.
Relating to the establishment of an interagency coordinating
council for the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Health & Human Services
HB 2131 Phillips/ Hardcastle
Relating to the demonstration of financial assurance by a local
government in relation to the operation of a municipal solid waste
landfill facility.
Natural Resources
HB 2191 Wong
Relating to the treatment of social security numbers under the
public information law.
State Affairs
HB 2194 Madden
Relating to the review of the results of competency examinations in
criminal cases by the Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with
Medical or Mental Impairments.
Criminal Justice
HB 2199 Madden/ Branch/ et al.
Relating to the salaries of a county elections administrator and
the administrator's employees.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2274 Cook, Byron/ Quintanilla/ Branch
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Guaranteed
Student Loan Corporation.
Government Organization
HB 2382 Hegar
Relating to training requirements for certain chief appraisers of
appraisal districts.
Intergovernmental Relations
HB 2392 Hill
Relating to the property tax situs and rendition requirements for
motor vehicles located at a place of business of a wholesale motor
vehicle auction.
Finance
HB 2650 Krusee
Relating to local government participation in the financing of
turnpike projects.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 2653 Krusee
Relating to the use of tax increment financing to pay certain costs
associated with certain transportation or transit projects.
Transportation & Homeland Security
HB 3016 Hill
Relating to the determination of the market value of certain drug
supplies for ad valorem property tax purposes.
Finance
HB 3036 Deshotel
Relating to the number, terms, and removal of directors of certain
development corporations.
S/C on Emerging Technologies & Economic Dev.
HB 3250 Ritter
Relating to the acquisition of unemployment compensation experience
after the transfer of an employing unit; providing penalties.
Business & Commerce
HCR 24 Kolkhorst
Designating Navasota the Blues Capital of Texas.
Intergovernmental Relations
HCR 37 Delisi
Memorializing Congress to increase the presence of federal health
and human services agencies, improve coordination of health and
human services programs, and increase related funding in Texas.
Health & Human Services
HCR 63 Noriega, Melissa/ Herrero/ et al.
Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset
provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social
Security Act.
State Affairs
HCR 88 Crabb
Urging the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Criminal Appeals
of Texas, as necessary, to develop rules relating to the random
assignment to courts of appeals of cases pending or on appeal from
counties with overlapping appellate jurisdictions and relating to
determining the court of appeals precedent applicable in such
randomly assigned cases.
Jurisprudence
HCR 128 Dunnam
Designating Madisonville the Mushroom Capital of Texas.
Intergovernmental Relations
SB 12 Zaffirini/ Barrientos/ Brimer/ Deuell/ Janek/
et al.
Relating to contracting and ethics issues of state agencies; providing a
civil penalty.
Finance
SB 1869 Gallegos
Relating to the Harris County Board of Protective Services for
Children and Adults.
Health & Human Services
SB 1874 Whitmire/ Armbrister/ Averitt/ Barrientos/
Brimer/ et al.
Relating to the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority.
Criminal Justice
SB 1875 Hinojosa
Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Hidalgo
County.
Jurisprudence
SB 1876 Brimer
Relating to the powers, duties, administration, governance, and functions
of the Benbrook Water and Sewer Authority.
Natural Resources
SB 1877 Whitmire
Relating to the creation of Harris County Municipal Utility District No.
406; providing authority to impose taxes and standby fees and issue bonds;
granting the power of eminent domain.
Intergovernmental Relations
SCR 29 Ellis
Encouraging managers of Texas public pension funds to divest their
portfolios of any stock in publicly-traded companies doing business
in Sudan.
Finance
SCR 30 Lucio/ Eltife/ Estes/ Zaffirini
Urging the State of Texas to continue to pursue increased trade
with Mexico and to develop a plan with Mexico to mitigate delays at
border crossings.
International Relations & Trade
SB 426 Shapleigh/ et al.
Relating to the health of school-age children.
Rereferred from Education to Health & Human Services