2001 Legislation:
The Big List of Bills
The Texas Probate Web Site tracks probate- and trust-related legislation. Information on tracked bills may be found on the Master Bill Tracking Page. This page lists the tracked bills plus others which for some reason caught the eye of Glenn Karisch, owner and editor of the Texas Probate Web Site. (Note that these bills may have nothing to do with probate or trust law.) This is just a listing of bills with links to their bill histories. No tracking information is given.
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| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HJR 4 | Wolens | Proposing a constitutional amendment correcting technical errors in home equity lien provisions of the Texas Constitution and clarifying a lender's ability to cure certain violations of the home equity lien provisions. | Bill History |
| HJR 5 | Solomons | Proposing a constitutional amendment prescribing requirements for imposing a lien for work and material used in the construction, repair, or renovation of improvements on residential homestead property. | Bill History |
| HJR 6 | Junell; Goodman | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial appointment to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices and judges and for nonpartisan retention elections for those justices and judges. | Bill History |
| HJR 7 | Brown, Betty | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county or a city or town to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the elderly and their spouses. | Bill History |
| HJR 9 | Averitt | Removes the constitutional prohibition of perpetual trusts. (This constitutional amendment would require voter approval.) | Bill History |
| HJR 11 | Corte | Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the tax rate on the income component of the franchise tax. | Bill History |
| HJR 14 | Telford | Would amend the constitution to add the right to hunt and fish to the bill of rights. | Bill History |
| HJR 15 | Hupp | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a right of privacy. | Bill History |
| HJR 17 | Gallego | Proposing a constitutional amendment creating a vacancy in a judicial office if a judge or justice becomes a candidate for a public elective office other than a judicial office. | Bill History |
| HJR 18 | Turner, Bob | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for four-year terms of office for members of the house of representatives. | Bill History |
| HJR 20 | Keffer | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the composition of the Texas House of Representatives. | Bill History |
| HJR 27 | West, George "Buddy" | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a candidate for the legislature to pass the basic skills examination required by law for students entering public institutions of higher education. | Bill History |
| HJR 31 | Wilson | Proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum voting age in elections (to 14). | Bill History |
| HJR 43 | Wilson | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to authorize the state to operate casinos and games of chance or skill. | Bill History |
| HJR 45 | Tillery | Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the governor to call a special session for the appointment of presidential electors under certain circumstances. | Bill History |
| HJR 48 | Dutton | Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting an encumbrance to be fixed on homestead property for an obligation to pay certain property owners' association fees without permitting the forced sale of the homestead. | Bill History |
| HJR 49 | Jones, Jesse | Proposing a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of the market value of the residence homestead of a disabled or elderly person that may be exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district. | Bill History |
| HJR 52 | Cook | Proposing a constitutional amendment clearing land titles by relinquishing and releasing any claim of sovereign ownership or title to an interest in certain lands in Bastrop County. | Bill History |
| HJR 53 | Cook | Proposing a constitutional amendment granting the legislature authority to release the state's interest in land that is held by a person in good faith under color of title. | Bill History |
| HJR 54 | Junell; Gallego; Wohlgemuth | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of income and appreciation of the permanent school fund. (Enabling legislation for HB 1020.) | Bill History |
| HJR 61 | Gallego | Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the constitutional requirement for decennial reapportionment of the judicial districts and to abolish the Judicial Districts Board. | Bill History |
| HJR 64 | Junell | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the allocation of the constitutional appropriation to certain institutions of higher education not entitled to participate in funding from the available university fund. | Bill History |
| HJR 67 | Chisum | Proposing a constitutional amendment to extend residence homestead ad valorem tax exemptions and protection from forced sale to a homestead owned by a family-owned business. | Bill History |
| HJR 74 | Keel; Gallego | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the investment and management of the permanent school fund. (Replaces prudent man investment standard with prudent investor rule.) | Bill History |
| HJR 76? |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HB 1 | Junell | Relating to the General Appropriations Bill. | Bill History |
| HB 2 | Gallego | Relating to the regulation of certain political contributions, political expenditures, and political advertising; providing civil and criminal penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 4 | Gallego | Relating to nonpartisan elections for statewide judicial office, to the regulation of political contributions and expenditures in connection with statewide judicial office, and to the public financing of campaigns for statewide judicial office; providing civil and criminal penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 8 -- HB 9; 11? | |||
| HB 18 | Corte | Requires certain judgment debtors (including those who committed breaches of fiduciary duty) and attorneys who have been sanctioned to provide to the judgment creditor and file with the court within 30 days of judgment a detailed financial disclosure, including copies of income tax returns. | Bill History |
| HB 19 | Corte | Requires attorney for personal representative of estate to disclose breaches of fiduciary duties and misrepresentations to beneficiaries and court, permits suit against attorney who fails to do so, and prohibits personal representative from using estate funds to defend itself unless court finds it is likely to prevail. | Bill History |
| HB 24 | Corte | Limits attorneys' fees in cases where settlement offer is made. | Bill History |
| HB 54 | Cuellar | Provides protection for reporters against having to reveal sources of information. | Bill History |
| HB 55 | Cuellar | Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to participate in certain activities of the employee's child. | Bill History |
| HB 60 | Clark | Relating to the punishment for theft committed against elderly individuals. | Bill History |
| HB 61 | Clark | Provides a party making a settlement offer an opportunity to recover litigation costs. | Bill History |
| HB 62 | Wolens | Relating to the authority of a judge of a district or county court to try a civil case at an institution of higher education. | Bill History |
| HB 76 | Garcia | Relating to family and medical leave for certain employees; providing a civil penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 80 | Gallego | Relating to immunity applicable to certain persons acting under the Texas Anatomical Gift Act. | Bill History |
| HB 98 | Maxey | Relating to the provision of Medicaid to certain persons making the transition from foster care to independent living. | Bill History |
| HB 117 | Nixon, Joe | Relating to proportionate responsibility in certain civil suits. | Bill History |
| HB 130 | Deshotel | Relating to notice concerning certain unclaimed property. | Bill History |
| HB 133 | Deshotel | Relating to requiring certain long-term care institutions to refer persons to other institutions. | Bill History |
| HB 148 | Wohlgemuth | Relating to the appeal of an interlocutory order to certify or refuse to certify a class action. | Bill History |
| HB 150? | Jones, Delwin | Relating to the composition of the districts of the Texas House of Representatives. | Bill History |
| HB 154 | Thompson | Requires DHS to set the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities at a minimum of $75 (up from $30). | Bill History |
| HB 158 | Garcia | Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to qualify as residents of this state for purposes of higher education tuition and to qualify for higher education financial aid. | Bill History |
| HB 160 | Smith | Relating to the admission of minors to facilities for and to the consent of minors to the treatment and rehabilitation of chemical dependency. | Bill History |
| HB 167 | Gallego | Relating to the regulation of political contributions to certain unopposed judicial candidates; providing a civil penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 176 | Luna, Vilma | Relating to the use of telecommunication in certain civil pretrial and trial proceedings. | Bill History |
| HB 181 | Turner, Bob | Relating to the organizing of the house of representatives if the terms of house members are increased to four years. | Bill History |
| HB 189 | Burnam | Relating to parity in certain disability insurance benefits. | Bill History |
| HB 195 | Najera | Relating to the collection of information identifying persons who are suspected or convicted of committing certain property offenses against elderly individuals. | Bill History |
| HB 199 | Pitts | Relating to the review of plans and specifications and the inspection of buildings or facilities for the purpose of eliminating architectural barriers encountered by persons with disabilities. | Bill History |
| HB 212 | Longoria | Relating to the order of preference for assigning certain visiting judges. | Bill History |
| HB 214 | Longoria | Would permit the licensing as attorneys of persons who complete law school and work in a law office for 10 years but never pass the bar. | Bill History |
| HB 215 | Longoria | Would exempt employees with 10+ years of service from the employment at will doctrine. | Bill History |
| HB 220 | Wise | Relating to the prosecution of, the punishment for, and venue in the prosecution of certain offenses involving the abduction of or interference with the custody of children. | Bill History |
| HB 233 | Hawley | Relating to the liability of volunteers at certain free health clinics. | Bill History |
| HB 250 | Hope | Creates Montgomery County Court at Law No. 4 | Bill History |
| HB 275 | Berman | Relating to the punishment for assaults committed against certain sports officials. | Bill History |
| HB 276 | Berman | Relating to limiting civil liability for certain sports officials. | Bill History |
| HB 281 | Garcia | Relating to the selection of presidential electors. | Bill History |
| HB 317 | Telford | Relating to the location where the court of appeals for the Sixth Court of Appeals District transacts business. | Bill History |
| HB 319 | Tillory | Relating to regulation of the use of laser pointers; providing a criminal penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 326 | Cuellar | Relating to a statewide group insurance program for employees and retirees of school districts. | Bill History |
| HB 327 | Bosse | Relating to adoption of the Business Organizations Code; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 329 | Lewis, Glenn | Relating to coverage for maternity benefits under health benefit plans. | Bill History |
| HB 330 | Berman | Requires person executing durable power of attorney to give notice to everyone within the second degree of consanguinity, gives those persons an opportunity to sue to show lack of capacity, and permits court to revoke power of attorney in cases of fraud duress or breach of fiduciary duty. | Bill History |
| HB 333 | McClendon | Relating to the voluntary admission of minors for the treatment and rehabilitation of chemical dependency and a minor's right to refuse related medication, therapy, or treatment. | Bill History |
| HB 336 | West, George "Buddy" | Relating to the creation of a separate account for the deposit of child support payments. | Bill History |
| HB 338 | Averitt | Relating to information related to criminal activity, fraud, material misrepresentation, or nondisclosure in connection with an insurance transaction. | Bill History |
| HB 352 | Wohlgemuth | Relating to the creation of a covenant marriage. | Bill History |
| HB 358 | Wise | Relating to the requirement that an applicant for a driver's license provide the Department of Public Safety with the applicant's social security number. | Bill History |
| HB 359 | Wise | Relating to the identification information required of an applicant for a driver's license. | Bill History |
| HB 362 | Averitt | Relating to the definition of unfair competition and unfair and deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance. | Bill History |
| HB 370 | Hinojosa | Relating to the fees imposed for the preservation, restoration, and management of certain county records. | Bill History |
| HB 381 | Berman | Amends Section 31.002(f) of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code to limit the prohibition against a court ordering the turnover of exempt property to property exempt under Tex. Prop. Code Sec. 42.0021. Would this threaten the creditor proection of other exempt property (such as life insurance and annuities?) | Bill History |
| HB 386 | Nixon, Joe | Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. | Bill History |
| HB 392 | Maxey | Relating to certain communications with the primary care provider of a person admitted to a state mental health facility. | Bill History |
| HB 396 | Wise | Relating to the requirement that an applicant for a driver's license provide certain identification information to the Department of Public Safety. | Bill History |
| HB 397 | Wise | Relating to possession of or access to a child. | Bill History |
| HB 398 | Smith | Relating to disclosure of medical billing records regarding a patient. | Bill History |
| HB 408 | Shields | Relating to misrepresentation concerning political activity of a tax-exempt organization; providing a criminal penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 410 | Maxey | Relating to public access to certain information regarding psychologists. | Bill History |
| HB 413 | Zbanek | Relating to qualified domestic relations orders. | Bill History |
| HB 418 | Maxey | Relating to the requirement that certain mental health professionals provide pro bono services to indigent patients. | Bill History |
| HB 426 | Tillery | Relating to regulation of cemeteries; providing civil and criminal penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 432 | Driver | Relating to driving privileges of drivers under 18 years of age. | Bill History |
| HB 434 | Heflin | Relating to the procedures for handling certain defendants acquitted of an offense by reason of insanity. | Bill History |
| HB 441 | Madden | Relating to the disposition of unexpended political contributions. | Bill History |
| HB 465 | Longoria | Relating to a suit for a legal separation in a marriage. | Bill History |
| HB 466 | Solomons | Relating to issuance of a driver's license to a minor. | Bill History |
| HB 469 | Solomons | Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County and to the jurisdiction of and certain procedure in that court. | Bill History |
| HB 482 | Naishtat | Adds family members and guardians to the list of persons who cannot be retaliated or discriminated against for reporting nursing home abuse and gives them a statutory basis for suing because of retaliation or discrimination. | Bill History |
| HB 483 | Naishtat | Cleans of references to "lunatics," "non compos mentos," etc., and changes them to "incapacitated persons" in various statutes. | Bill History |
| HB 490 | Heflin | Relating to procedural and technical corrections of the Texas Property Tax Code, with respect to multiple appraisals of a property, notices of delinquency, penalties and interest on deferred taxes, additional penalty on delinquent taxes against property that escaped taxation in previous years, definitions of personal property subject to seizure, notices of sale of seized personal property and real property, excess proceeds of tax sales, costs and expenses incurred in delinquent tax suits, post judgment taxes, vacating void tax judgments and tax sales, costs of tax sale, remedies of purchaser at void tax sale, redemptions, and reenactment of duplicate or overlapping provisions in the Tax Code. | Bill History |
| HB 493 | Haggerty | Relating to exempting from Chapter 39 of the Business and Commerce Code certain transactions involving real property. | Bill History |
| HB 496 | Chisum | Relating to the recognition [actually non-recognition] of a same-sex marriage or civil union. | Bill History |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HB 502 | Carter | Relating to executory contracts for the conveyance of real property. | Bill History |
| HB 506 | Smith | Relating to the transfer of a limitation on school district ad valorem taxes on the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of an elderly person to a subsequent homestead. | Bill History |
| HB 526 | Bailey | Relating to the selection of presidential electors. | Bill History |
| HB 534 | Thompson | Gives a visiting statutory probate judge assigned under Govt. Code Sec. 25.0022 the power to make Section 5B and 608 transfers. | Bill History |
| HB 535 | Thompson | Makes an administrative change for recording the service of a visiting judge. | Bill History |
| HB 536 | Thompson | Amends Sections 5 and 606 to make filing a probate case in a statutory probate court mandatory in counties with such courts. | Bill History |
| HB 537 | Thompson | Fixes a problem with a 1999 bill to permit a statutory probate court to transfer a case back to the court it came from if jurisdiction is lost, even if that court is in another county. | Bill History |
| HB 538 | Thompson | Permits a visiting statutory probate judge assigned under Section 25.0022 of the Government Code to hear ancillary matters in his or her home county, unless a party objects. | Bill History |
| HB 539 | Thompson | Provides for court approval of contracts for sports, entertainment and advertising entered into by minors and permits a portion of the earnings to be preserved for the child in an 867 trust. | Bill History |
| HB 543 | Deshotel | Relating to the composition of the First, Ninth, and Fourteenth courts of appeals districts. | Bill History |
| HB 548 | Keffer | Relating to the conduct of the business of certain surety companies. | Bill History |
| HB 552 | Mowery | Relating to limits on political contributions to and direct campaign expenditures made on behalf of certain candidates, officeholders, and political committees; providing criminal penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 555 | Mowery | Relating to the elimination of straight-party voting in connection with certain judicial races. | Bill History |
| HB 562 | Madden | Relating to procedures for an automatic recount in certain elections. | Bill History |
| HB 563 | Madden | Relating to certain practices and procedures involved with a polling place used in an election. | Bill History |
| HB 587 | Thompson and 61 others | Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts. (The Hate Crimes Bill.) | Bill History |
| HB 590 | Goodman | Relating to the adoption of biological siblings. | Bill History |
| HB 591 | Goodman | Relating to the liability of a parent who fails to provide court-ordered health insurance for a child. | Bill History |
| HB 628 | Naishtat | Permits the court to appoint a noncorporate trustee of an 867 trust; permits a guardian ad litem to apply for creation of an 867 trust. | Bill History |
| HB 638 | Turner, Sylvester | Relating to terminating or contesting the parent-child relationship of certain parents. | Bill History |
| HB 639 | Turner, Sylvester | Relating to the selection of presidential electors. | Bill History |
| HB 659 | Picket; Reyna, Arthur | Relating to the regulation of the sale and inspection of real estate. | Bill History |
| HB 664 | Keel | Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law Number 4 of Travis County. | Bill History |
| HB 668 | Maxey | Relating to the prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. | Bill History |
| HB 669 | Wilson | Relating to the suspension of a student from participation in extracurricular activities. | Bill History |
| HB 670 | Wilson | Relating to a prohibition against naming a tax-supported public facility after a business entity. | Bill History |
| HB 672 | Wilson | Relating to lowering the minimum voting age in elections (to 14). | Bill History |
| HB 679 | Homer | Relating to providing a deduction of not more than $100,000 for a corporation under the franchise tax. | Bill History |
| HB 689 | Thompson | Cleans up jurisdictional loose ends for statutory probate courts, including specifying their jurisdiction over certain matters in the Health and Safety Code. | Bill History |
| HB 690 | Thompson | Relating to an alternate maximum interest charge on a non-real property loan. | Bill History |
| HB 691 | Thompson | Relating to income withholding for spousal maintenance; providing a penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 696 | Telford; Tillory | Relating to programs and systems administered by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Bill History |
| HB 703 | Maxey | Relating to prescription drug coverage under the state Medicaid program. | Bill History |
| HB 706 | Morrison | Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children. | Bill History |
| HB 713 | Wilson | Relating to the establishment of residential living facilities for certain youth. | Bill History |
| HB 714 | Wilson | Relating to foster care for a child who resides with a relative. | Bill History |
| HB 717 | Chavez | Requires DHS to set the personal needs allowance for Medicaid recipients in long-term care facilities at a minimum of $45 per month (up from $30). | Bill History |
| HB 721 | Jones, Delwin | Relating to the composition of the districts of the State Board of Education. | Bill History |
| HB 722 | Jones, Delwin | Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Bill History |
| HB 728 | Turner, Bob | Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Brown County. | Bill History |
| HB 734 | Chavez | Relating to prescription drug coverage under the state Medicaid program. | Bill History |
| HB 735 | King, Tracy | Relating to providing mandatory venue for a civil action arising under an oil and gas lease. | Bill History |
| HB 736 | King, Tracy | Relating to the time that certain causes of action arising out of or relating to interests in an oil and gas lease accrue. | Bill History |
| HB 740 | Dutton | Would require judge granting summary judgment to issue findings and would require appellate court to base decision on those findings. | Bill History |
| HB 748 | Keel | Relating to use of funds of a metropolitan transit authority to inform the public in connection with an election measure. | Bill History |
| HB 749 | Keel | Relating to the sales and use tax in certain metropolitan transit authorities. | Bill History |
| HB 750 | Keel | Relating to use of funds of a metropolitan transit authority for lobbying. | Bill History |
| HB 751 | Keel | Relating to the election of the board of certain mass transit authorities. | Bill History |
| HB 761 | Coleman | Relating to fees for copies of birth and death certificates. | Bill History |
| HB 763 | McCall | Creates Collin County Probate Court No. 1, effective January 1, 2003. | Bill History |
| HB 781 | Tillory | Relating to the qualification of a treating physician as an expert. | Bill History |
| HB 786 | Isett | Relating to requiring depositories to provide notice to owners regarding accounts and safe deposit boxes that will become inactive or will be presumed abandoned. | Bill History |
| HB 792 | Wolens | Relating to certain procedures regarding state bar disciplinary proceedings and to a limited waiver of immunity from liability by the state bar and certain employees of the state bar. | Bill History |
| HB 795 | Najera | Relating to prescription drug coverage under the state Medicaid program. | Bill History |
| HB 808 | Hartnett | Relating to the composition of the Commission on Uniform State Laws. | Bill History |
| HB 825 | Gray; Naishtat; Keffer | Relating to continuous eligibility of children for medical assistance. | Bill History |
| HB 826 | Gray; Naishtat; Keffer | Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of determining eligibility of children for Medicaid. ("To the extent allowed by federal law, the department may not consider the assets and resources of a person younger than 19 years of age or the assets and resources of the person's parents or other caretaker for purposes of determining the person's eligibility for medical assistance.") | Bill History |
| HB 827 | Gray; Naishtat; Keffer | Relating to simplifying the application and eligibility determination process for medical assistance provided to children. | Bill History |
| HB 828 | Gray; Naishtat; Keffer | Relating to application and eligibility for Medicaid. (Affects persons 18 years of age or younger.) | Bill History |
| HB 841 | Hinojosa | Requires district and county clerks to accept filings of documents by facsimile transmission. Each clerk would have to apply to approval of his or her system by December 31, 2001. | Bill History |
| HB 844 | Nixon, Joe | Relating to the salaries of certain justices and judges and to the authority of a county to supplement those salaries. | Bill History |
| HB 847 | Goodman | Permits court to clarify the role of guardians ad litem and attorneys ad litem in suits affecting parent-child relationships -- are they advocates, do they represent the child's best interests, and are they permitted to cross-examine witnesses? | Bill History |
| HB 861 | Dutton | Permits homeowners' association to encumber homestead to pay assessments, but doesn't permit seizure of homestead; rather, association can collect from sales proceeds when homestead is sold. | Bill History |
| HB 867 | Dutton | Enacts Chapter 67 of the Civil Practices and Remedies Code, regarding bills of review. Permits bills of review within 4 years of the date of judgment. | Bill History |
| HB 872 | Dutton | Relating to a parent's liability for a personal injury caused by the parent's child. | Bill History |
| HB 883 | Jones, Jesse | Relating to the amount of the appraised value of the residence homestead of a disabled or elderly person that is exempt from ad valorem taxation by a school district. | Bill History |
| HB 886 | Wilson | Abolishes the doctrine of adverse possession, eliminating the statute of limitations for an action to recover real property. | Bill History |
| HB 887 | Ramsay | Relating to the application for an exemption from ad valorem taxation on the homestead of a person who is 65 or older. | Bill History |
| HB 898 | Thompson | Increases the limit on sales of real or personal property by a minor without a guardianship (Probate Code Section 889) from $50,000 to $100,000. | Bill History |
| HB 899 | Thompson | Limits orders for payment of back child support to charges arising within four years of the date the proceeding for back child support was commenced. | Bill History |
| HB 900 | Thompson | Clarifies and expands the duties of the presiding statutory probate judge, creates the office of local administrative statutory probate court judge, specifies the local administrative judge's duties, and picks up the changes that also would be made by HB 534 and HB 538. | Bill History |
| HB 919 | Goodman | Relating to the enforcement of protective orders from other states. | Bill History |
| HB 920 | Goodman | Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Parentage Act; providing penalties | Bill History |
| HB 922 | Tillery | Relating to the detention and transportation of a person admitted to a county mental health facility for mental health services. | Bill History |
| HB 923 | Hartnett | Expands the laundry list of things district courts (and statutory probate courts) have jurisdiction over with respect to trusts (Tex. Trust Code Sec. 115.001) to include determining the validity of a trust instrument, modify or terminate a trust, discharge a trustee, and adjudicate claims by or against a trustee. | Bill History |
| HB 947 | Turner, Sylvester | Relating to the survival of a wrongful death suit on the death of the plaintiff. | Bill History |
| HB 952 | Naishtat | Relating to interstate guardianships. | Bill History |
| HB 960 | Naishtat | Relating to the appointment of a person who has a history of abuse or neglect as a sole managing conservator. | Bill History |
| HB 964 | Dunnam | Relating to the release of certain confidential information of a patient by the patient's physician. | Bill History |
| HB 967 | Naishtat | Relating to ensuring an appropriate care setting for a person with a disability. | Bill History |
| HB 976 | Christian | Relating to the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of a proceeding or evaluation under the Texas Mental Health Code. | Bill History |
| HB 977 | Deshotel | Relating to the regulation of convalescent homes, nursing homes, and related institutions. | Bill History |
| HB 978 | Eiland | Relating to the appeal of certain orders, judgments, and decrees. (Stay or no stay when interlocutory order is appealed.) | Bill History |
| HB 982 | Deshotel | Relating to certain violations committed by nursing institutions. | Bill History |
| HB 986 | Chavez | Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities. (Text not yet available.) | Bill History |
| HB 997 | King, Phil | Relating to the time in which a court may conduct a hearing or render a final order in a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HB 1001 | Naishtat | Relating to the review of the reimbursement methodology for and resource needs of nursing facilities. | Bill History |
| HB 1020 | Junell; Gallego; Wohlgemuth | Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund, the available school fund, and the public school employee health insurance fund and to transfers from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and the public school employee health insurance fund. | Bill History |
| HB 1035 | Thompson | Relating to the educational requirements for certain justices of the peace. | Bill History |
| HB 1037 | Thompson | Allows the court to continue hearing any matter appertaining to a guardianship estate "that a court exercising original probate jurisdiction is specifically authorized to hear" under the guardianship code when the ward dies, turns 18 or regains capacity. | Bill History |
| HB 1048 | Solomons | Relating to the application of a seal to an electronic document. | Bill History |
| HB 1051 | Goodman | Allows the court in a suit on a fraudulent transfer to award costs and reasonable attorneys fees as are "equitable and just." | Bill History |
| HB 1055 | Coleman | Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. | Bill History |
| HB 1060 | Mowery | Relating to appeals to small claims courts of certain ad valorem tax determinations. | Bill History |
| HB 1063 | Uher | Relating to interest on judgments in certain civil actions. | Bill History |
| HB 1071 | Farabee | Relating to certain procedures used to deal with a criminal defendant suspected of having a mental illness or mental retardation. | Bill History |
| HB 1072 | Farabee | Relating to authorizing a peace officer or health officer to take into custody, detain, and return to a treatment facility a patient or client under a court order for treatment at the facility. | Bill History |
| HB 1073 | Farabee | Changes the requirement in Chapter 571 of the Health and Safety Code that probate courts be open "at all times" for proceedings under that chapter to requiring that they be open "during normal business hours." | Bill History |
| HB 1083 | Thompson | Adds Section 487A to the Probate Code, providing that a bankruptcy proceeding does not terminate the authority of the agent to act, but that the agent's powers are subject to the restrictions imposed by bankrupcy laws. | Bill History |
| HB 1085 | Jones, Jesse | Relating to removal of remains interred in a cemetery. | Bill History |
| HB 1094 | Gray; Flores | Relating to the creation of a state prescription drug program for certain Medicare beneficiaries. | Bill History |
| HB 1106 | Maxey | Relating to eligibility for Medicaid family planning services. | Bill History |
| HB 1107 | Hartnett | Relating to the use of money in the county law library fund. | Bill History |
| HB 1117 | Goodman | Relating to petition requirements for an application for a place on the general primary election ballot for certain judicial candidates. | Bill History |
| HB 1131 | Thompson | State Bar REPTL Decedent's Estates Bill: Eliminates the social security number requirement on applications to probate will as muniment of title and cleans up Sections 177(b) and 313. | Bill History |
| HB 1132 | Thompson | State Bar REPTL Guardianship Bill: Permits suspension (not termination) of an agent's powers under a power of attorney during a temporary guardianship; permits surviving parent to designate guardian for child in the event of later incapacity; cleans up declaration of guardian for children requirements; permits inspection of estate planning documents for gift-giving purposes; provides accounting and removal procedure for community administrators. | Bill History |
| HB 1134 | Coleman | Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children. | Bill History |
| HB 1147 | Nixon, Joe | Relating to prejudgment interest for future damages. | Bill History |
| HB 1160 | Eiland | Legislatively overrides Barcelo v. Elliott: An attorney representing a testator owes "a professional duty of care" to the testator and to each person named or designated as a beneficiary, legatee or devisee in the testator's will. | Bill History |
| HB 1167 | Crabb | Relating to the form of examination of a child in a criminal or civil proceeding. | Bill History |
| HB 1168 | Wilson | Relating to conflicts of interest of a lobbyist. | Bill History |
| HB 1179 | Wohlgemuth | Relating to protective services for the elderly and disabled persons. | Bill History |
| HB 1201 | Brimer | Relating to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. | Bill History |
| HB 1210 | Garcia | Relating to the establishment of a school of law at the University of North Texas. | Bill History |
| HB 1221 | Maxey, et al | Relating to protecting the privacy of medical records; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 1223 | Coleman | Relating to the administration and operation of the Medicaid program. | Bill History |
| HB 1233 | Naishtat | Amends Section 774(a) of the Probate Code to permit the guardian to buy a prepaid funeral contract if the court approves. | Bill History |
| HB 1245 | Goodman | A major fix to 1999's "community enhancements" bill: establishes the rules regarding what are now called "claims for economic contribution" in a marriage where one estate (usually the community) is used to enhance (usually by paying debt secured by) the other estate. | Bill History |
| HB 1246 | Goodman | Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Parentage Act regarding gestational agreements. | Bill History |
| HB 1261 | Hardcastle | Relating to delivery of certain unclaimed property for rural scholarships and economic development. | Bill History |
| HB 1275 | Turner, Bob | Relating to the nonpartisan election of certain state and county officers. | Bill History |
| HB 1305 | Elkins | Would provide that a pyramid scheme is not a pyramid scheme if each participant in the plan or operation has signed a document stating that all money the participant contributes into the plan or operation is a gift and that the participant has not been promised any compensation in return for the contribution. | Bill History |
| HB 1316 | Farabee | Under Section 534.0175 of the Health and Safety Code, trust assets in excess of $50,000 must be considered a resource affecting eligibility of trust beneficiaries for certain state-supported mental health services. This bill would raise the $50,000 limit to $250,000, allowing the beneficiary to protect more assets. | Bill History |
| HB 1322 | Brimer | Relating to the regulation of signs and billboards located in residential areas, creating a penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 1331 | Ellis, Dan | Relating to a lien on a cause of action or claim of an individual who receives certain medical services. | Bill History |
| HB 1362 | Goodman; Williams | Relating to the regulation of dangerous wild animals; imposing civil and criminal penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 1363 | Goodman | Relating to the mediation of certain disputes by collaborative law procedures. | Bill History |
| HB 1365 | Goodman | Provides that a child support obligation continues on the death of the obligated party. | Bill History |
| HB 1367 | Solomons | Relating to the uniform law on secured transactions. | Bill History |
| HB 1379 | Dunnam | Relating to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. | Bill History |
| HB 1420 | Jones, Jesse | Excludes from the definition of the practice of law assistance offered by employees or volunteers of area agencies on aging in preparing medical powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney for property and declarations of guardian. | Bill History |
| HB 1437 | Olivo | Relating to certain practices in connection with a home loan. | Bill History |
| HB 1452 | Menendez | Relating to the placement of a person on community supervision in a proceeding to enforce an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| HB 1453 | Menendez | Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| HB 1459 | Williams | Relating to interment rights in a cemetery plot. | Bill History |
| HB 1460 | Williams | Prohibits cemeteries to use the words "perpetual care" in their names. | Bill History |
| HB 1463 | Maxey | Relating to appropriate places of detention for certain mental health services (prohibits detention in jail under any circumstances). | Bill History |
| HB 1473 | Gallego | Relating to repealing the statutes governing the decennial reapportionment of the judicial districts by the Judicial Districts Board. | Bill History |
| HB 1497 | Farabee | Relating to the provision of mental health and mental retardation services. | Bill History |
| HB 1500 | Uresti | Relating to driving privileges of certain minors. | Bill History |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HB 1514 | Junell | Relating to requiring the seller of residential real property to disclose to the purchaser the location of certain commercial enterprises. | Bill History |
| HB 1515 | Janek | Relating to the recovery of damages by a parent, managing conservator, or guardian in a suit brought by a person who was younger than 18 at the time the cause of action accrued. | Bill History |
| HB 1518 | Junell | Relating to the appointment and nonpartisan retention or rejection of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a straight-party vote in connection with district judges. | Bill History |
| HB 1534 | Davis, Yvonne | Relating to documentation of motor vehicle ownership. | Bill History |
| HB 1550 | Reyna, Arthur | Relating to the punishment for theft committed against elderly individuals. | Bill History |
| HB 1559 | Chavez | Makes the caregiver of an elderly person in certain circumstances ineligible to receive life insurance proceeds if "the insured was coerced to designate the caregiver as the beneficiary through the exercise of undue influence by the caregiver." | Bill History |
| HB 1587 | Danburg | Relating to a change of name and vital statistics information. | Bill History |
| HB 1601 | Davis, John | Exempts "newly formed" corporations in counties with populations of 75,000 or less and income of $10,000,000 or less from the franchise tax. | Bill History |
| HB 1602 | Davis, John | Raises the franchise tax floor from $150,000 of income to $1,000,000. | Bill History |
| HB 1603 | Davis, John | Relating to renaming the franchise tax the corporate income tax. | Bill History |
| HB 1604 | Coleman | Relating to simplifying the certification process for medical assistance provided to children. | Bill History |
| HB 1607 | Chavez | Relating to the creation of additional statutory county courts in El Paso County and to the administration, jurisdiction, and operation of statutory and district courts in that county. | Bill History |
| HB 1608 | Averitt | Relating to the applicability of the rule against perpetuities to trusts. | Bill History |
| HB 1629 | Cook; Puente | Relating to the provision of water by the Lower Colorado River Authority to a municipality outside the Colorado River basin. | Bill History |
| HB 1632 | King, Phil | Relating to certain requirements in connection with suits for the termination of the parent-child relationship and the adoption of children. | Bill History |
| HB 1634 | King, Phil | Relating to certain payments allowed in an adoption case. | Bill History |
| HB 1635 | King, Phil | Relating to standing to file a suit requesting termination of the parent-child relationship or adoption. | Bill History |
| HB 1648 | Delisi | Relating to abolishing the Texas Academic Skills Program. | Bill History |
| HB 1672 | Green | Relating to the eligibility of graduates of private high schools for higher education TEXAS grants. | Bill History |
| HB 1689 | Chisum | Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain organizations engaged primarily in performing charitable functions. | Bill History |
| HB 1712 | Maxey | Relating to online public access to certain information regarding attorneys. | Bill History |
| HB 1715 | Thompson | Relating to the authority of certain county judges to engage in the private practice of law. | Bill History |
| HB 1720 | Janek | Relating to liens for certain services provided by physicians. | Bill History |
| HB 1740 | Dunnam | Relating to appeal of certain court orders and judgments relating to arbitration. | Bill History |
| HB 1759 | Tuner, Sylvester | Relating to unexpended balances in the judicial and court personnel training fund. | Bill History |
| HB 1765 | Turner, Bob | Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law of Brown County. | Bill History |
| HB 1766 | Turner, Bob | Relating to administration of oaths in Texas. | Bill History |
| HB 1767 | Goolsby | Relating to certain information available to adopted persons. | Bill History |
| HB 1773 | Brimer | Relating to the regulation of athlete agents. | Bill History |
| HB 1775 | Brimer | Relating to the unauthorized practice of law, providing penalties. | Bill History |
| HB 1791 | Kuempel | Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Guadalupe County. | Bill History |
| HB 1813 | Wohlgemuth | Makes it a crime for a person acting as a "caretaker" of a disabled or elderly person to "appropriate" property "for personal benefit" | Bill History |
| HB 1822 | Uresti | Relating to the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of a proceeding or evaluation under the Texas Mental Health Code. | Bill History |
| HB 1824 | Hope | Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Montgomery County and to the jurisdiction, operation, and administration of the county courts at law in Montgomery County. | Bill History |
| HB 1829 | Walker | Relating to the creation of an agricultural lien. | Bill History |
| HB 1830 | Goodman | Relating to the composition of the third and eighth administrative judicial regions. | Bill History |
| HB 1854 | Dunnam | Relating to the penalty for operation of a motor vehicle by a person who does not hold a driver's license. | Bill History |
| HB 1856 | Danburg | Relating to the use of punch-card election ballots. | Bill History |
| HB 1868 | Talton | Relating to authorizing the attorney general to administer oaths. | Bill History |
| HB 1883 | Thompson | Requires an attorney in fact to post a $50,000 bond before selling property worth $15,000 to $50,000 on behalf of a principal who is 55 years of age or older, unless the principal waives the bond requirement in the power of attorney; imposes a three-day waiting period on contracts of sale. | Bill History |
| HB 1884 | Thompson | Relating to filing fees for certain types of actions. | Bill History |
| HB 1887 | Janek | Relating to the rights of patients receiving mental health services. | Bill History |
| HB 1920 | Counts | Relating to the transfer, sale, or assignment of structured settlements. | Bill History |
| HB 1921 | Maxey | Relating to the continuation of adoption assistance after the 18th birthday of certain children. | Bill History |
| HB 1935 | Deshotel | Makes changes to the filing fees charged by county clerks, including imposing a flat $10 fee for filing any document in probate court that does not require a specific fee. | Bill History |
| HB 1937 | Dutton | Relating to prohibiting annexations by populous municipalities until certain municipal services are provided. | Bill History |
| HB 1940 | Bonnen | Relating to the proration of the taxes imposed on a residence homestead in a year in which a residence homestead exemption for an elderly person terminates. | Bill History |
| HB 1975 | Hunter | Relating to certain cemeteries operated by a nonprofit cemetery corporation. | Bill History |
| HB 1979 | Chavez | Relating to the creation of additional statutory county courts in El Paso County and to the administration, jurisdiction, and operation of statutory and district courts in that county. | Bill History |
| HB 1983 | Williams; Hope | Relating to the number of justices for the Ninth Court of Appeals District. | Bill History |
| HB 1995 | Marchant | Relating to encumbrances that may be fixed on homestead property. | Bill History |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HB 2012 | McCall | Relating to electronic filing of certain tax reports and payments. | Bill History |
| HB 2017 | Green | Relating to the extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities. | Bill History |
| HB 2024 | Hinojosa | Relating to the number of justices for the Thirteenth Court of Appeals District. | Bill History |
| HB 2073 | Maxey | Relating to the eligibility of certain persons with mental illness for community-based services and support. | Bill History |
| HB 2077 | Reyna, Arthur | Relating to the authority of a child support master to hear certain cases. | Bill History |
| HB 2078 | Reyna, Arthur | Relating to a court order of retroactive child support. | Bill History |
| HB 2094 | King, Phil | Relating to the creation of an offense for advertising for the adoption of a child. | Bill History |
| HB 2096 | Goodman | Relating to the composition of the third and eighth administrative judicial regions. | Bill History |
| HB 2099 | Chavez | Relating to health benefit plan coverage for serious mental illness and serious emotional disturbances of a child. | Bill History |
| HB 2100 | Eiland | Relating to a specialty insurance agent license for certain persons who sell contracts regulated by the Texas Department of Banking for prepaid funeral benefits. | Bill History |
| HB 2103 | Dutton | Relating to presumptive eligibility for financial assistance benefits for a person who assumes care of a related dependent child. | Bill History |
| HB 2105 | Dutton | Relating to the operation of the advisory committees of the supreme court. | Bill History |
| HB 2106 | Dutton | Relating to information on the supreme court website relating to proposed rules or forms. | Bill History |
| HB 2111 | Gallego | Relating to the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, the Judicial Committee on Information Technology, and the Texas Judicial Council. | Bill History |
| HB 2112 | Dutton | Relating to rules of civil procedure adopted by the supreme court. | Bill History |
| HB 2114 | Allen | Relating to interment of a victim and an individual convicted of the murder of the victim in the same cemetery; providing a civil penalty. | Bill History |
| HB 2129 | Hope; Goodman | Relating to remedies available for residential construction defects. | Bill History |
| HB 2141 | Marchant | Relating to the definition of an off-premise sign and the attachment of the nonconforming, off-premise sign status to the original nonconforming, off-premise sign. | Bill History |
| HB 2149 | Kitchen | Relating to requiring the Health and Human Services Commission to study the creation of an interactive web-based application system for the state Medicaid program. | Bill History |
| HB 2152 | Averitt | Expands the list of persons to whom bequests can be made without violating Section 58b of the Probate Code (spouses, ancestors, descendants and persons within the third degree of consanguinity would be excepted.) | Bill History |
| HB 2155 | Averitt | Relating to the operation of state banks, state trust companies, and certain financial holding companies in the financial services industry. | Bill History |
| HB 2158 | Thompson | Relating to the acceleration of the appeal in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| HB 2167 | Keel | Relating to the jurisdiction of the County Court at Law Number 4 of Travis County. | Bill History |
| HB 2187 | Davis, Yvonne | Relating to requirements for filing certain information with the secretary of state; providing a penalty. (Allows the Secretary of State to impose a fine of up to $10,000 for failing to file a change of registered office or agent.) | Bill History |
| HB 2206 | Dutton | Relating to prepaid funeral contracts. | Bill History |
| HB 2222 | Jones, Jesse | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of injury to an elderly individual. | Bill History |
| HB 2225 | Davis, John | Relating to the amount of exemplary damages that may be awarded in actions involving injury to an elderly individual or a disabled individual. | Bill History |
| HB 2249 | Goodman | Relating to certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| HB 2253 | Naishtat | Amends the jurisdictional statute for Travis County Probate Court No. 1 to give that court jurisdiction to hear actions arising under certain sections of the Health and Safety Code. | Bill History |
| HB 2261 | Danburg | Relating to the issuance of a supplementary birth certificate for certain adopted persons. | Bill History |
| HB 2284 | Kitchen | Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of determining eligibility of certain low-income Medicare beneficiaries for Medicaid. | Bill History |
| HB 2299 | Thompson | Relating to communications between courts regarding simultaneous interstate child custody proceedings. | Bill History |
| HB 2300 | Thompson | Related to salaries of certain judges; prohibits county court at law judges from the private practice of law. | Bill History |
| HB 2306 | Chisum | Relating to the extension of residence homestead ad valorem tax exemptions and protection from forced sale to a homestead owned by a family-owned business. (Enabling legislation for HJR 67.) | Bill History |
| HB 2307 | Clark | Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Cooke County, to the jurisdiction of the County Court of Cooke County, and to an exemption from certain judicial training and instruction for the judge of the county court. | Bill History |
| HB 2314 | Solomons | Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Denton County and to the jurisdiction of and certain procedure in that court. | Bill History |
| HB 2315 | Solomons | Clarifies that the statutory probate court of Denton County may hear cases at such locations as the judge considers necessary or as otherwise provided by law. | Bill History |
| HB 2332 | Coleman | Permits guardian of the person to consent to the volunatary admission of the ward to an in-patient psychiatric facility if the letters of guardianship so authorize; requires notice to the court of taking such action; limits the duration of inpatient treatment without further court authorization. | Bill History |
| HB 2381 | Thompson | Relating to the appeal of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| HB 2398 | Williams | Relating to the location where the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Court of Appeals District transacts business. | Bill History |
| HB 2441? |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| SJR 3 | Duncan | Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for gubernatorial appointment to fill vacancies in the offices of appellate justices and judges and for nonpartisan retention elections for those justices and judges. | Bill History |
| SJR 5 | Wentworth | Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to determine legislative and congressional districts and revising the constitutional redistricting provisions. | Bill History |
| SJR 9 | Fraser | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize garnishment of wages for the enforcement of a judgment. | Bill History |
| SJR 17 | Duncan | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to making distributions from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and creating the education excellence supplemental fund. | Bill History |
| SJR 18 | Bernsen | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the right to hunt and fish. | Bill History |
| SJR 19 | Ellis, Rodney | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of income and appreciation of the permanent school fund. | Bill History |
| SJR 26 | Carona | Removes the constitutional prohibition of perpetual trusts. (This constitutional amendment would require voter approval.) | Bill History |
| SJR 27? |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| SB 1 | Ellis, Rodney | General Appropriations Bill. | Bill History |
| SB 2? | |||
| SB 5? | |||
| SB 6 | Shapiro | Relating to the fair conduct of elections and election campaigns; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| SB 8 - 10? | |||
| SB 11 | Nelson | Relating to protecting the privacy of medical records; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| SB 22 | Shapiro | Relating to the admission of minors to facilities for and to the consent of minors to the treatment and rehabilitation of chemical dependency. | Bill History |
| SB 38 | Zaffirini | Relating to authorizing the conduct of architectural review before the construction or remodeling of certain long-term and other care facilities. | Bill History |
| SB 51 | Zaffirini | Relating to the provision of Medicaid to certain persons making the transition from foster care to independent living. | Bill History |
| SB 70 | Haywood | Relating to creating a covenant marriage. | Bill History |
| SB 129 | Duncan | Relating to the appointment and nonpartisan retention or rejection of appellate justices and judges and to elimination of a straight-party vote in connection with district judges. Enabling legislation for SJR 3. | Bill History |
| SB 140 | Moncrief | Relating to the appointment of a person who has a history of abuse or neglect as a sole managing conservator. | Bill History |
| SB 141 | Moncrief | Relating to requiring disclaimers on certain advertisements that offer homestead designation services. | Bill History |
| SB 147 | Wentworth | Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission. Enabling legislation for SJR 5. | Bill History |
| SB 154 | Truan | Relating to a requirement that information about anatomical gifts be included in the curriculum of certain driver education and driving safety courses. | Bill History |
| SB 156 | Truan | Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of determining eligibility of children for Medicaid. | Bill History |
| SB 177 | Madla | Relating to electronic monitoring devices in the rooms of residents of convalescent or nursing homes or related institutions; providing criminal penalties. | Bill History |
| SB 194 | Shapiro | Creates Collin County Probate Court No. 1, effective January 1, 2003. | Bill History |
| SB 198 | Moncrief | Relating to executory contracts for the conveyance of real property | Bill History |
| SB 211 | Barrientos | Relating to the selection of presidential electors. | Bill History |
| SB 233 | Harris | Relating to parental liability for the conduct of a child. | Bill History |
| SB 234 | Harris | Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures. | Bill History |
| SB 238 | Wentworth | Relating to the safe operation of bicycles on roadways. | Bill History |
| SB 252 | Harris | Relating to notice of the appointment of a receiver in a suit for dissolution of a marriage. | Bill History |
| SB 276 | Shapleigh | Relating to the application of a seal to an electronic document. | Bill History |
| SB 277 | Harris | Relating to the sale, assignment, or transfer of structured settlements. | Bill History |
| SB 283 | Nelson | Relating to special disease management programs for certain recipients of medical assistance under the Medicaid managed care program. | Bill History |
| SB 284 | Nelson | Relating to streamlining reporting requirements and inspection procedures under the Medicaid managed care program. | Bill History |
| SB 290 | Armbrister | Relating to providing mandatory venue for a civil action arising under an oil and gas lease. | Bill History |
| SB 292 | Armbrister | Relating to programs and systems administered by the Employees Retirement System of Texas. | Bill History |
| SB 297 | West, Royce | Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain grandparents. | Bill History |
| SB 305-- 325? | |||
| SB 346 | Bivins | Relating to interest on judgments in certain civil actions. | Bill History |
| SB 355 | Lindsay | Relating to a nursing home resident's right to informed consent regarding the administration of certain drugs. | Bill History |
| SB 362 | Wentworth | Relating to the regulation of certain occupations by the Texas Real Estate Commission; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| SB 364 | Cain | Relating to the composition of the Commission on Uniform State Laws. | Bill History |
| SB 367 | Zaffirini | Relating to ensuring an appropriate care setting for a person with a disability. | Bill History |
| SB 373 | Moncrief; Zaffirini | Relating to simplifying the application and eligibility determination process for medical assistance provided to children. | Bill History |
| SB 374 | Moncrief; Zaffirini | Relating to continuous eligibility of children for medical assistance. | Bill History |
| SB 375 | Zaffiirini | Relating to application and eligibility for Medicaid. | Bill History |
| SB 376 | Zaffirini | Relating to consideration of assets and resources for purposes of determining eligibility of children for Medicaid. | Bill History |
| SB 393 | Carona | Relating to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. | Bill History |
| SB 397 | Duncan | Relating to the assignment of certain retired or former judges as visiting judges. | Bill History |
| SB 399 | Duncan | Relating to the operation of a vehicle with a child in an open bed of the vehicle or in the open bed of a trailer being towed by the vehicle. | Bill History |
| SB 414 | Madla | Relating to the regulation of certain insurance agents and to the consolidation of insurance agent licenses; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| SB 422 | Armbrister | Relating to the time that certain causes of action arising out of or relating to interests in an oil and gas lease accrue. | Bill History |
| SB 426 | Lucio | Relating to prescription drug coverage under the state Medicaid program. | Bill History |
| SB 433 | Carona | Relating to the uniform law on secured transactions. | Bill History |
| SB 451 | Duncan | Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund, the available school fund, and the education excellence supplemental fund and to transfers from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and the education excellence supplemental fund. | Bill History |
| SB 457 | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Relating to a landlord's duty to mitigate damages under certain circumstances. | Bill History |
| SB 488 | Harris | Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or civil union. | Bill History |
| SB 490 | Ellis, Rodney | Relating to the composition of the permanent school fund, the available school fund, and the public school employee health insurance fund and to transfers from the permanent school fund to the available school fund and the public school employee health insurance fund. | Bill History |
| SB 499 | Wentworth | Relating to the composition of the districts of the Texas Senate. | Bill History |
| SB 500 | Wentworth | Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | Bill History |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| SB 501 | Wentworth | Relating to the composition of the districts of the State Board of Education. | Bill History |
| SB 524 | Armbrister | Relating to participation by private school students in University Interscholastic League sponsored activities. | Bill History |
| SB 560 | Sibley | Relating to the regulation of certain consumer transactions involving real property. | Bill History |
| SB 577 | Bivins | Relating to graduated driver licensing. | Bill History |
| SB 581 | Duncan | Relating to document preparation costs in connection with mental health proceedings. | Bill History |
| SB 583 | Duncan | Relating to liens for certain services provided by physicians. | Bill History |
| SB 623 | Duncan | Relating to damages for liability actions in residential construction. | Bill History |
| SB 629 | Staples | Relating to authorizing the attorney general to administer oaths. | Bill History |
| SB 664 | Madla | Relating to the investigation of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of persons in certain facilities. | Bill History |
| SB 667 | Van de Putte | Relating to the placement of a person on community supervision in a proceeding to enforce an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| SB 668 | Van de Putte | Relating to the service of citation by publication in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| SB 683 | Shapleigh | Relating to the creation of additional statutory county courts in El Paso County and to the administration, jurisdiction, and operation of statutory and district courts in that county. | Bill History |
| SB 684 | Madla | Relating to the definition of non-physician mental health professional for purposes of a proceeding or evaluation under the Texas Mental Health Code. | Bill History |
| SB 691 | Moncrief | Relating to the creation of an assisted living facility trust fund. | Bill History |
| SB 698 | Carona | Extends the rule against perpetuties applicable to trusts to 1000 years. Its effectiveness is dependent upon passage of a constitutional amendment (either HJR 9 or SJR 26). | Bill History |
| SB 699 | Armbrister; Wentworth | Relating to the provision of water by the Lower Colorado River Authority to a municipality outside the Colorado River basin. | Bill History |
| SB 722 | Bernsen | State Bar REPTL Guardianship Bill: Permits suspension (not termination) of an agent's powers under a power of attorney during a temporary guardianship; permits surviving parent to designate guardian for child in the event of later incapacity; cleans up declaration of guardian for children requirements; permits inspection of estate planning documents for gift-giving purposes; provides accounting and removal procedure for community administrators. | Bill History |
| SB 723 | Bernsen | State Bar REPTL Decedent's Estates Bill: Eliminates the social security number requirement on applications to probate will as muniment of title and cleans up Sections 177(b) and 313. | Bill History |
| SB 731 | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Relating to the liability of an officer of a nonprofit corporation. | Bill History |
| SB 769 | Harris | Relating to the requirement that certain information be provided in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | Bill History |
| SB 774 | Harris | Relating to the composition of the third and eighth administrative judicial regions. | Bill History |
| SB 776 | Harris | Relating to the collection of accrued interest on child support arrearages; providing a penalty. | Bill History |
| SB 779 | Duncan | Relating to the creation of an agricultural lien. | Bill History |
| SB 783 | Truan | Relating to the emergency possession of and termination of the parent-child relationship of certain abandoned children. | Bill History |
| SB 788 | West, Royce | Relating to certain suits by perpetual care cemetery plot owners. | Bill History |
| SB 797 | Wentworth | Relating to the creation of an additional county court at law in Guadalupe County. | Bill History |
| SB 853 | Harris | Would permit posting notices on a Secretary of State-maintained web site as an alternative for publishing notices in a newspaper. | Bill History |
| SB 866 | Nelson; Sibley | Relating to the creation of a Texas Privacy Act to address the ways in which the information practices of state and local governmental entities affect personal privacy. | Bill History |
| SB 869 | Lindsay | Amends Probate Code Section 633 to provide that the spouse must be served with citation in a guardianship "if the whereabouts of the spouse are known or can be reasonably ascertained." | Bill History |
| SB 876 | Moncrief | Relating to the use of restraint, seclusion, and emergency psychoactive medication in certain health care facilities. | Bill History |
| SB 879 | Van de Putte | Relating to a change of name and vital statistics information. | Bill History |
| SB 895 | Moncrief | Relating to the creation of a state prescription drug program for certain Medicare beneficiaries. | Bill History |
| SB 908 | Shapleigh | Relating to the establishment of a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE). | Bill History |
| SB 913 | Ogden | Relating to a lien on a cause of action or claim of an individual who receives certain medical services. | Bill History |
| SB 933 | Barrientos | Relating to the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights. | Bill History |
| SB 941 | Lindsay | Would require a former or retired statutory probate judge who wishes to be assigned cases to certify that he or she is willing not appear or plead in any court in the state for two years. | Bill History |
| SB 954 | Barrientos | Relating to the jurisdiction of and procedure in a county court at law in Travis County. | Bill History |
| SB 960 | Brown, J. E. "Buster" | Relating to the salaries of certain justices and judges and to the authority of a county to supplement those salaries. | Bill History |
| SB 967 | Carona | Relating to adoption of the Business Organizations Code; providing penalties. | Bill History |
| SB 1000 | Jackson | Relating to the recognition of foreign adoptions and the issuance of a certificate of foreign birth. | Bill History |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |
| HB 1029 | Lindsay | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information maintained by certain health care providers. | Bill History |
| HB 1031 | Lindsay | Relating to certain hospital liens. | Bill History |
| HB 1072? |
| Bill | Author | Description | Links |