| SB1598 | Pass | Relating to an agreement authorizing a nonparent relative of a child to make certain decisions regarding the child; providing a penalty. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1592 | Pass | Relating to the assignment of security interests in certain collateral. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1586 | Pass | Relating to the establishment of a shared database for deer breeder reporting requirements. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1575 | Pass | Relating to the random assignment of criminal and civil cases in district courts in Hidalgo County. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1574 | Pass | Relating to the requirement that the county clerk of certain counties prepare a written records management and preservation services plan. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1571 | Pass | Relating to the issuance of certain permits for overweight vehicles. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1557 | Pass | Relating to the early identification of criminal defendants who are or may be persons with mental illness or mental retardation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1526 | Pass | Relating to the composition, administration, and duties, including reporting requirements, of the Border Health Institute. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1522 | Pass | Relating to the exemption of certain school districts from the drainage charge imposed by a municipal drainage utility system. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1515 | Pass | Relating to a major events trust fund, a motor sports racing trust fund, and an events trust fund for sporting and non-sporting events. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1514 | Pass | Relating to child support arrearages and a credit based on certain disability payments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1495 | Pass | Relating to the taxation of motor fuels; providing penalties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1492 | Pass | Relating to the delay of retail electric competition in the areas of the state covered by the Southeastern Electric Reliability Council and to the recovery of certain transmission costs by electric utilities in those areas and to the provision of pow... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1485 | Pass | Relating to the sale of surplus or salvage property and firefighting equipment by an emergency services district. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1483 | Pass | Relating to the creation of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 76; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1478 | Pass | Relating to the authority of hospital districts to lease undeveloped real property. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1474 | Pass | Relating to compensation for certain emergency services personnel. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1472 | Pass | Relating to public meetings for permit applications under the Texas Clean Air Act. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1458 | Pass | Relating to the authority of certain taxing units to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1449 | Pass | Relating to the appointment of a receiver to remedy hazardous properties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1441 | Pass | Relating to the terms of the members of the Court Reporters Certification Board. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1440 | Veto | Relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in child support and child protection cases and to the investigation of child abuse and neglect. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Vetoed by the Governor |
| SB1439 | Pass | Relating to the travel, board, and lodging expenses of a person appointed to assist the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1437 | Pass | Relating to the powers of an associate judge in a Title IV-D case. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1436 | Pass | Relating to the appeal of a censure issued by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1410 | Pass | Relating to the licensing and regulation of plumbers and multipurpose residential fire protection sprinkler specialists; prohibiting municipal regulations requiring the installation of fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residences. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 See remarks for effective date |
| SB1409 | Pass | Relating to the definition of first responder for purposes of the immunization registry. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1403 | Pass | Relating to changing the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool to the Texas Health Insurance Pool, and to the operation of that pool. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1402 | Pass | Relating to requiring certain political subdivisions to enter a contract with the county elections administrator to perform election services. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1382 | Pass | Relating to the coordination of the planning, construction, operation, and maintenance of a statewide passenger rail system by the Texas Department of Transportation. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1377 | Pass | Relating to the administration of the compensation to victims of crime fund and the compensation to victims of crime auxiliary fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1374 | Pass | Relating to annual reports by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission on the operations and conditions of probation services in this state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1369 | Pass | Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and to court-appointed volunteer advocates in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1368 | Pass | Relating to the creation of a county ethics commission in certain counties; providing civil and criminal penalties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1367 | Pass | Relating to parking placard or specialty license plate applications by persons with a mobility problem caused by an impairment of vision. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1359 | Pass | Relating to forfeiture of remedy for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1354 | Pass | Relating to the licensing and regulation of plumbers. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1344 | Pass | Relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum used in public schools. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1343 | Veto | Relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Vetoed by the Governor |
| SB1337 | Pass | Relating to the creation of the Van Alstyne Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Grayson County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1334 | Pass | Relating to continuation of the intercollegiate athletics fee for students at Prairie View A&M University. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1332 | Pass | Relating to the placement of certain children who are in the managing conservatorship of the state. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |
| SB1328 | Pass | Relating to a study on the feasibility of providing vaccines to first responders deployed to a disaster area. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1326 | Pass | Relating to the functions of the statewide health coordinating council; providing civil penalties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1325 | Pass | Relating to the creation of a mental health intervention program for military veterans. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1317 | Pass | Relating to education and examination requirements for the issuance of a driver's license to certain persons. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| SB1304 | Pass | Relating to notice to students of a public institution of higher education of the required use of a portion of a student's tuition payments to provide student financial aid. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1299 | Pass | Relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain counties. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1290 | Pass | Relating to authorization for school districts to provide mentors for teachers assigned to a new subject or grade level. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective immediately |
| SB1273 | Pass | Relating to creating an offense for interference with certain radio frequencies. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2009-06-19 Effective on 9/1/09 |