Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/16/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption:
Relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/28/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption:
Relating to mandatory arbitration for certain municipal fire departments and employee bargaining agents.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/29/2023 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities and local government corporations to use certain tax revenue for certain qualified projects and project-associated infrastructure.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/29/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption:
Relating to the authority of corporations to act as sureties on bail bonds.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/29/2023 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to single event classification for eligibility under the major events reimbursement program.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the source of dogs and cats sold by pet stores; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to certain personnel policies of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to certain related duties of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/28/2023 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the commissioning of peace officers by certain parochial schools in certain counties.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of the criminal offense of homosexual conduct.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an aggravated assault occurring as part of a mass shooting; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to a grant program for crime victim notification systems.
Author:
Whitmire
Sponsor:
Goldman
Last Action:
01/24/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Thursday, January 12, 2023, and ending on Tuesday, January 17, 2023.
Author:
Whitmire
Sponsor:
Goldman
Last Action:
02/07/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, and ending on Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
Author:
Whitmire
Sponsor:
Goldman
Last Action:
01/21/2025 S H. refuses to adopt conf. comm. rept-reported
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, and ending on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.
Author:
Whitmire
Sponsor:
Goldman
Last Action:
02/21/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 15, 2023, and ending on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Author:
Whitmire
Sponsor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
02/28/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 22, 2023, and ending on Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
Author:
Whitmire
Sponsor:
Metcalf
Last Action:
03/08/2023 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, and ending on Monday, March 6, 2023.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
01/10/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Senate Caucus Report.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
01/11/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Providing the rules for the drawing of lots to determine Senatorial terms for the 88th Texas Legislature.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
01/18/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Granting the Texas DeMolay Association permission to use the Senate Chamber in 2023 and 2024.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
02/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the 27th Annual Texas Lunar Festival.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
02/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 20 through February 24, 2023, as Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant Week in Texas.
Author:
Whitmire
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Greater Macedonia Baptist Church on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Author:
Hughes | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
Allen
Last Action:
10/28/2024 E Sent to the Governor
Caption:
Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
06/01/2024 S House passage as amended reported
Caption:
Relating to an increase in the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, an adjustment in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amounts, and the protection of school districts against the billing loss in local revenue.
Author:
Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income and a franchise tax credit for the payment of certain related ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Huffman | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
10/23/2023 S House passage reported
Caption:
Relating to certain benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Springer | Blanco | Creighton | Eckhardt | Hall | et al.
Last Action:
01/17/2025 S House passage as amended reported
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of grant programs to provide financial assistance to qualified sheriff's offices and prosecutor's offices in rural counties.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
08/07/2024 H Passed as amended
Caption:
Relating to support for nursing-related postsecondary education, including scholarships to nursing students, loan repayment assistance to nurses and nursing faculty, and grants to nursing education programs.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to local mental health authority and local behavioral health authority audits and mental and behavioral health reporting, services, and programs.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action:
09/08/2023 S Reported favorably w/o amendments
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of and exceptions to certain laws prohibiting abortion.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action:
09/08/2023 S Reported favorably w/o amendments
Caption:
Relating to exceptions to certain laws prohibiting abortion.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women during and following a pregnancy.
Author:
Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | Menéndez | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2024 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Caption:
Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain individuals under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Author:
Alvarado | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/15/2025 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to catalytic converters, including criminal conduct involving catalytic converters; providing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty; increasing a fee.
Author:
Hall | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Eckhardt | et al.
Last Action:
03/28/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the resilience of the electric grid and certain municipalities; authorizing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Flores | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/28/2023 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of dog and cat breeders; expanding the applicability of an occupational license.
Author:
Springer | Bettencourt | Parker | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/03/2023 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the release on parole of certain youthful offenders; changing parole eligibility.
Author:
Birdwell | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
03/29/2023 H Received from the Senate
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the legislature, governor, and certain political subdivisions with respect to disasters and emergencies.
Author:
Gutierrez | Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Author:
Eckhardt | Alvarado | Blanco | Gutierrez | LaMantia | et al.
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to money awarded to providers of women's health services and family planning services, including the repeal of prohibitions on the provision of those services.
Author:
Alvarado | Miles | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/09/2023 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to public school system accountability.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
03/20/2023 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to investments in certain companies doing business in the Russian Federation.
Author:
Menéndez | Alvarado | Blanco | Eckhardt | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres
Caption:
Relating to promoting racial equity in the hiring and promotion of faculty members by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Parker | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
06/10/2024 S H. refuses to adopt conf. comm. rept-reported
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property a person owns that is held or used for the production of income.
Author:
Bettencourt | Alvarado | Birdwell | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
01/30/2025 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock: Jan 30 2025 4:50PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the market value of tangible personal property that is held or used for the production of income, to increase the amount of certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads, to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in the exemption amounts, and to except certain appropriations to pay for school district ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Author:
Birdwell | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Blanco | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
01/30/2025 H Referred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker: Jan 30 2025 12:20PM
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the supreme court following certain disaster or emergency declarations.
Author:
West | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/08/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Opal Lee on the occasion of the unveiling of her portrait in the Senate Chamber.
Author:
Creighton | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/15/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 15, 2023, as Orange and Maroon Legislative Day.
Author:
LaMantia | Alvarado | Creighton | Hinojosa | Huffman | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 21, 2023, as Texas Ports Day.
Author:
Perry | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing the organizers, supporters, and attendees of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast.
Author:
Zaffirini | Alvarado | Blanco | Flores | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action:
02/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing February 22, 2023, as Texas Hispanic Judges' Day.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Creighton | Huffman | et al.
Last Action:
03/01/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 2, 2023, as University of Houston Day.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | West | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 7, 2023, as Texas Southern University Day.
Author:
Hinojosa | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Creighton | Huffman | et al.
Last Action:
03/07/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 7, 2023, as Texas Bays and Estuaries Day.
Author:
Miles | Alvarado | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/08/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 8, 2023, as University of Houston-Downtown Day.
Author:
King | Alvarado | Bettencourt | Birdwell | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
03/21/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 21, 2023, as World Down Syndrome Day.
Author:
Creighton | Alvarado | Birdwell | Middleton | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
03/22/2023 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing March 22, 2023, as Texas Realtors Day.
Author:
Johnson | Hughes | Whitmire
Last Action:
03/23/2023 S Printed in full
Caption:
In memory of Robert Lynn Trimble.