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
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
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
Summary of Legislative Budget Estimations: 2020-21 Biennium: Senate (open access)

Summary of Legislative Budget Estimations: 2020-21 Biennium: Senate

Summary of the 2020-2021 state budget, to be passed by the Texas Senate, providing a high-level overview of expenditures and significant changes since the previous appropriations bill.
Date: January 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1, Chapter 1353 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1, Chapter 1353

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives general Appropriations Bill.
Date: June 15, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3, Chapter 943 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3, Chapter 943

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to public school finance and public education; creating a criminal offense; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
Date: June 12, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 5, Chapter 703 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 5, Chapter 703

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to debris management and other disaster recovery efforts.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 6, Chapter 1018 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 6, Chapter 1018

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to disaster relief and recovery.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 7, Chapter 945 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 7, Chapter 945

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions.
Date: June 13, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 8, Chapter 408 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 8, Chapter 408

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Date: June 4, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 16, Chapter 1272 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 16, Chapter 1272

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the enforcement of the rights of a living unborn child after an abortion; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 18, Chapter 352 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 18, Chapter 352

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to consideration of the mental health of public school students in training requirements for certain school employees, curriculum requirements, counseling programs, educational programs, state and regional programs and services, and health care services for students and to mental health first aid program training and reporting regarding local mental health authority and school district personnel.
Date: June 2, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 19, Chapter 1019 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 19, Chapter 1019

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to mental health and substance use resources for certain school districts.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 23, Chapter 704 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 23, Chapter 704

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the designation of State Highway Loop 322 in Taylor County as the Officer Rodney T. Holder Memorial Highway.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 25, Chapter 705 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 25, Chapter 705

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to a pilot program for providing services to certain women and children under the Medicaid medical transportation program.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 26, Chapter 1020 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 26, Chapter 1020

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 29, Chapter 1021 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 29, Chapter 1021

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 36, Chapter 1273 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 36, Chapter 1273

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to expedited proceedings in cases involving dangerously damaged or deteriorated or substandard buildings or improvements in certain municipalities.
Date: June 14, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 37, Chapter 706 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 37, Chapter 706

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation of the criminal offense of mail theft.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 39, Chapter 150 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 39, Chapter 150

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the repeal of certain time limitations on the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee.
Date: May 24, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 41, Chapter 10 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 41, Chapter 10

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to paid leave for a state employee who is a search and rescue volunteer.
Date: May 7, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 51 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 51

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the creation and promulgation of certain standard forms for statewide use in criminal actions.
Date: June 15, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 53, Chapter 707 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 53, Chapter 707

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to the transitional living services program for certain youth in foster care.
Date: June 10, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History
86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 61, Chapter 11 (open access)

86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 61, Chapter 11

Bill introduced by the Texas House of Representatives relating to highway maintenance or construction vehicles, certain service vehicles, and escort flag vehicles, including the use of certain lighting equipment on those vehicles.
Date: May 7, 2019
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
System: The Portal to Texas History