NEW LAWS PASSED - ALL CLERKS
07-31-2009 - 09:15:02

 



HB 72  
Guillen
Zaffirini
Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce.
Companions:
SB 24Zaffirini(Identical)
  4-30-09 S Withdrawn from the Local Calendar
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 107  
Phillips
Seliger
Relating to allowing for certain criminal proceedings in the absence of certain defendants.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 144  
McClendon
Wentworth
Relating to an additional filing fee for civil cases filed in Bexar County.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 396  
Hartnett
Carona
Relating to expunction of a notice of lis pendens.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 400  
Herrero
Hinojosa
Relating to the dismissal of a charge of unlawfully parking a vehicle in a space designated specifically for persons with disabilities.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 406  
Rodriguez
Carona
Relating to the disposition of excess proceeds of a tax sale of real property or foreclosure of a tax lien on real property.
Companions:
SB 471Carona(Identical)
  4-16-09 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Finance
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 407  
Kuempel
Williams
Relating to participation and credit in, contributions to, benefits from, and administration of the Texas County and District Retirement System.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 409  
Isett
Nelson
Relating to an award of additional periods of possession of or access to a child for certain conservators who have returned from active military deployment.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 464  
Paxton
Nelson
Relating to the preparation by the Legislative Budget Board of a dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 558  
Hernandez
Ellis
Relating to law enforcement and judicial procedures for, and the prosecution of, children who engage in conduct constituting public intoxication.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 608  
Castro
Wentworth
Relating to posttrial psychological counseling for jurors in a criminal trial or juvenile adjudication hearing involving graphic evidence or testimony.
Companions:
SB 1066Wentworth(Identical)
  4-30-09 S Withdrawn from the Local Calendar
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 669  
Solomons
Harris
Relating to liability arising out of the filing of a mechanic's, contractor's, or materialman's lien.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 677  
Hartnett
Wentworth
Relating to violations of laws administered and enforced by the Texas Ethics Commission and to sworn complaints alleging such violations.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 704  
Rose
Nelson
Relating to the jurisdiction of a court over a child in the managing conservatorship of the state after the child's 18th birthday.
Companions:
SB 984Davis, Wendy(Identical)
  3- 9-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services
Last Action: 5-23-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 765  
Hartnett
Carona
Relating to supplemental payments made to certain statutory probate court judges.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 875  
Eissler
Carona
Relating to civil liability for erecting or maintaining certain outdoor signs or advertising.
Last Action: 5-20-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 960  
Anchia
Carona
Relating to providing municipalities and counties access to criminal history record information for sexually oriented business license applicants.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 987  
Creighton
West
Relating to competitive procurement requirements for local governments.
Companions:
SB 624West(Identical)
  2-23-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Intergovernmental Relations
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1012  
Gonzalez Toureilles
Harris
Relating to the conservatorship or possession of, or access to, a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1067  
Naishtat
Nelson
Relating to a memorandum of understanding between certain authorized entities to share suicide data that does not identify a deceased individual.
Companions:
SB 1882Nelson(Identical)
  3-24-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services
Last Action: 5-23-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1083  
Elkins
Wentworth
Relating to mediation orders in certain arbitration proceedings.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1151  
Thompson
West
Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including temporary orders, order for modification, adoption assistance, and foster care.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1233  
Menendez
Van de Putte
Relating to the court-ordered administration of psychoactive medication to certain criminal defendants.
Companions:
SB 1198Van de Putte(Identical)
  3-13-09 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1360  
Anchia
West
Relating to the effect under the public information law of the disclosure of certain information by a prosecutor to defense counsel.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1506  
Herrero
Hinojosa
Relating to the imposition of conditions on certain defendants charged with an offense involving family violence.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1551  
Herrero
Hinojosa
Relating to the appointment of additional court reporters for the district courts in Nueces County.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1633  
Walle
Ellis
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of graffiti and to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of that offense or on juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of that offense.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1682  
Cook
Averitt
Relating to the creation of a county court at law in Navarro County.
Companions:
HB 728Cook(Identical)
  4-15-09 H Meeting cancelled for 04/20/09, House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1688  
Castro
Wentworth
Relating to the rules governing a motion for new trial in juvenile cases.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1722  
Castro
Uresti
Relating to the proceedings that may be referred to and the powers of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1750  
Bonnen
Huffman
Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Brazoria County.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1793  
Farrar
Zaffirini
Relating to judicial instruction for judges who hear complaints against children alleging violations of certain misdemeanor offenses.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 1843  
Davis, John
Patrick, Dan
Relating to the disposition of cash in possession of a deceased pauper.
Companions:
SB 530Patrick, Dan(Identical)
  6-19-09 G Earliest effective date
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 3601  
Paxton
Hegar
Relating to the authority of a county clerk to post official and legal notices by electronic display.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

HB 3637  
Hughes
Wentworth
Relating to filing fees in civil actions and proceedings and the use of those fees, to costs on conviction in certain courts, to money paid into the registry of a court in certain counties, and to the appointment of counsel in certain suits.
Companions:
SB 1754Wentworth(Identical)
  5- 1-09 H Referred to House Committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 271  
Harris
Rose
Relating to informal caregiver support services and to the appointment of a successor guardian for certain wards adjudicated as totally incapacitated.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 279  
Nelson
Aycock
Relating to a prohibition against certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship during a parent's military deployment.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 397  
Carona
Jackson, Jim
Relating to methods of payment for reimbursement of jury service expenses.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 408  
Carona
Hughes
Relating to jurisdiction, venue, and appeals in certain matters, including the jurisdiction of and appeals from certain courts and administrative decisions and the appointment of counsel in certain appeals.
Companions:
HB 600Hughes(Identical)
  5-12-09 S Received in the Senate - Referred to Senate Committee on Administration
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 414  
Carona
Kent
Relating to conducting by electronic means a hearing to determine a defendant's ability to discharge certain fines and court costs.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 543  
Carona
Harless
Relating to certain possessory liens.
Companions:
HB 1631Harless(Identical)
  5- 5-09 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 543
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 575  
Davis, Wendy
Shelton
Relating to the time for dissolution of crime control and prevention districts and to certain taxes imposed by such districts or by fire control, prevention, and emergency medical services districts.
Companions:
HB 817Shelton(Identical)
  5-12-09 S Received in the Senate - Referred to Senate Committee on Administration
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 595  
Hegar
Gallego
Relating to the sealing of and discovery procedures relating to evidence that constitutes child pornography in a criminal hearing or proceeding.
Companions:
HB 2067Gallego(Identical)
  5-14-09 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 595
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 658  
Eltife
Hughes
Relating of the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Sixth Court of Appeals District.
Companions:
HB 966Hughes(Identical)
  5- 5-09 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 658
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 659  
Eltife
Hughes
Relating to the creation of an appellate judicial system for the Twelfth Court of Appeals District.
Companions:
HB 967Hughes(Identical)
  5- 5-09 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 659
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 683  
Wentworth
Hartnett
Relating to the employment, powers, and duties of and procedures for matters referred to a statutory probate court judge or associate judge.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 703  
Nelson
Rose
Relating to the provision of a certified copy of a birth certificate for certain minors receiving services from the Department of Family and Protective Services and to the amendment of birth and death certificates.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 727  
Patrick, Dan
Vaught
Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system.
Companions:
HB 4386Vaught(Identical)
  5-11-09 H Laid on the table - subject to call - see SB 727
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 812  
Hegar
Zerwas
Relating to reimbursement of expenses incurred by court reporters for the 506th Judicial District.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1053  
Uresti
Naishtat
Relating to the appointment or removal of guardians of incapacitated persons.
Companions:
HB 2048Naishtat(Identical)
  4-27-09 H Committee action pending House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1056  
Uresti
Naishtat
Relating to authorizing a criminal justice agency to disclose certain criminal history record information and to orders of disclosure regarding such information.
Companions:
HB 2047Naishtat(Identical)
  3- 9-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Human Services
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1068  
Wentworth
Gallego
Relating to allowing a governmental body to redact certain personal information under the public information law without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general.
Last Action: 6- 4-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1166  
Duncan
Chisum
Relating to the duties and salary of the county attorney of Swisher County and the election and duties of the district attorney of the 64th Judicial District.
Companions:
HB 4162Rose(Identical)
  3-24-09 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1171  
Nichols
McReynolds
Relating to certain health-related reports, records, and information.
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1182  
Wentworth
Ortiz
Relating to public information and open government.
Last Action: 9- 1-09 G Earliest effective date

SB 1685  
Hinojosa
Gonzales
Relating to the creation of a district court records technology fund.
Companions:
HB 3312Gonzales(Identical)
  5- 4-09 H Reported from committee as substituted House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence
Last Action: 6-19-09 G Earliest effective date

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Total Bills: 56  0 

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