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Reading Statutes and Bills (open access)

Reading Statutes and Bills

Overview of Texas statutes and bills with tips for reading and understanding them.
Date: 2018
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2020–21 Biennium: House (open access)

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2020–21 Biennium: House

Th is summary of the General Appropriations Bill publication provides an overview of the appropriations included in the General Appropriations Bill, otherwise known as the state budget. Th e version of the General Appropriations Bill that becomes law, after being passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor, is referred to as the General Appropriations Act (GAA). This enacted legislation is the state’s budget for a two-year period (biennium)
Date: January 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution of Cedar Creek Watershed Association Approving and Recommending Enactment of Amended H.B. 20 - 1955-02-16] (open access)

[Resolution of Cedar Creek Watershed Association Approving and Recommending Enactment of Amended H.B. 20 - 1955-02-16]

Resolution of Cedar Creek Watershed Association approving and recommending enactment of amended House Bill 20, the Trinity River Authority Bill. It states that copies of the Resolution were sent to multiple representatives.
Date: 1955-02-16~
Creator: Boyd, D. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution Concerning the Naming of Taylor County] (open access)

[Resolution Concerning the Naming of Taylor County]

Resolution concerning the naming of Taylor County. The Resolution says that when Taylor county was created, its name wasn't dedicated to any man or group of men; It then says that the citizens of Taylor county want it to be officially named after the three brothers who died at the Alamo.
Date: 1954-03-23~
Creator: Clack, Tommie & Scarborough, Mrs. Dallas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Resolution on Adequate Hospital Care for Tuberculosis Patients] (open access)

[Resolution on Adequate Hospital Care for Tuberculosis Patients]

Resolution on adequate hospital care for tuberculosis patients. It asks that Athenian endorse the budget request of its State Hospitals Board. The Resolution is signed by multiple individuals.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill, No. 134] (open access)

[72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill, No. 134]

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday and changing Confederate Heroes Day to June 3rd.
Date: January 14, 1991
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of San Antonio, Resolution, August 25, 1983] (open access)

[City of San Antonio, Resolution, August 25, 1983]

Resolution of the San Antonio City Council in support of the 20th Anniversary Mobilization March in Washington D.C. and the San Antonio events for jobs, peace, and freedom on August 27, 1983.
Date: August 25, 1983
Creator: San Antonio. City Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill No. 134 (open access)

72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill No. 134

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday. This is a copy faxed to Rick Green, with the note "Mario Marcel Salas copy 5/27/91" written at the top of the second page.
Date: May 27, 1991
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mayor of San Antonio, Proclamation] (open access)

[Mayor of San Antonio, Proclamation]

Proclamation from the Office of Major of the City of San Antonio, declaring June 19-23, 1972 Sickle Cell Anemia Week in San Antonio, Texas.
Date: June 8, 1972
Creator: San Antonio. Office of the Mayor.
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Council of San Antonio, Resolution No. 91-06-07 (open access)

City Council of San Antonio, Resolution No. 91-06-07

Resolution of the City Council of San Antonio urging the Texas Legislature to make the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. an official state holiday.
Date: February 7, 1991
Creator: San Antonio (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Legislature, Senate Bill, No. 134] (open access)

[Texas Legislature, Senate Bill, No. 134]

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to official holidays in the state of Texas and establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday.
Date: May 11, 1991
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill, No. 134] (open access)

[72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill, No. 134]

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a state holiday and changing Confederate Heroes Day to June 3rd.
Date: January 14, 1991
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Sessions, House Bill No. 638] (open access)

[72nd Texas Legislature, Regular Sessions, House Bill No. 638]

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the observance of state holidays and establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a state holiday. "Mario Marcel Salas Copy" is written at the top of the first page.
Date: March 1991
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Resolution of the Texas Optometric Association] (open access)

[A Resolution of the Texas Optometric Association]

Resolution from the Texas Optometric Association regarding the reasons they are opposed to House Bill No. 1 and Senate Bill No. 104.
Date: 1957
Creator: Texas Optometric Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
56th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, House Simple Resolution 94 (open access)

56th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, House Simple Resolution 94

Simple resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives commending Representatives Brownrigg Dewey, Bill Heatly, John Huebner, Truett Latimer, and Jess Osborn for their outstanding performance during the Fifty-sixth session of the Legislature.
Date: August 6, 1959
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[House Resolution 675] (open access)

[House Resolution 675]

A Texas House resolution concerning victims of and patients with HIV/AIDS.
Date: unknown
Creator: State of Texas
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter to D. Jack Davis from Harriet Laney - February 24, 1993] (open access)

[Letter to D. Jack Davis from Harriet Laney - February 24, 1993]

A letter from Harriet Laney to D. Jack Davis, correcting an estimate made in a previous letter regarding videotaping services.
Date: February 24, 1993
Creator: Laney, Harriet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Constitution (open access)

Texas Constitution

The Texas Constitution updated to include amendments passed in the November 5th, 2019 Constitutional Amendment Election.
Date: 2019~
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 5, 2019, Election (open access)

Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 5, 2019, Election

The ten joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Texas state constitution offered for approval by Texas voters in the November 5, 2019, election ballot. Includes the ballot language, an analysis of each proposed amendment, and the text of the joint resolution proposing the amendment. Each analysis includes background information and a summary of comments made during the legislative process about the proposed constitutional amendments by supporters and opponents.
Date: August 2019
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas House Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2022-23 Biennium (open access)

Texas House Summary of Legislative Budget Estimates 2022-23 Biennium

Report outlining Texas's predicted budget for the 2022-23 Biennium, including such topics as major funding items, significant policy or fiscal issues across the state, examples of factors affecting the state budget, a reconciliation of the base funding that explains how the previous biennium's appropriations have been adjusted during the 2020-21 biennium, and article-specific chapters that provide an overview of the total article appropriations by agency or institution.
Date: January 2021
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Procedures Manual for Joint Committees (open access)

Procedures Manual for Joint Committees

Report covering budget submission, approval, and account administration; staffing issues and contracts; administrative support, including the handling of telephones, supplies and purchasing, duplication and printing, mail and messenger service, and travel; issues relating to committee proceedings, including meetings and committee's final reports; as well as examples of forms used in committee account administration.
Date: September 2019
Creator: Texas Legislative Council
System: The Portal to Texas History
Notes from the General Council of the Choctaw Nation (open access)

Notes from the General Council of the Choctaw Nation

Handwritten enactments of the 23rd session of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation.
Date: November 7, 1856
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Report on the state of education affairs in the Choctaw Nation (open access)

Report on the state of education affairs in the Choctaw Nation

Report on the state of education affairs in the Choctaw Nation, by the General Council.
Date: November 10, 1856
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Senate Resolution No. 102 (open access)

Senate Resolution No. 102

Senate resolution No. 102 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Katz Drug Store sit-in.
Date: May 23, 2008
Creator: Oklahoma State Senate
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History