Legislative Research: TX SB577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature

Texas Senate Bill 577 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 89th Legislature (Introduced)	Relating to the establishment of the foster child trust account program. [SB577 2025 Detail][SB577 2025 Text][SB577 2025 Comments]	2025-05-13 Co-author authorized
2023-2024 88th Legislature (Passed)	Relating to regulation of food service establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, roadside food vendors, temporary food service establishments, and food managers. [SB577 2023 Detail][SB577 2023 Text][SB577 2023 Comments]	2023-05-27 Effective on 9/1/23
2021-2022 87th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to a study by Texas A&M University--Commerce regarding the cultural appropriateness of state-administered public school assessment instruments. [SB577 2021 Detail][SB577 2021 Text][SB577 2021 Comments]	2021-03-11 Referred to Education
2019-2020 86th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; increasing a criminal fine. [SB577 2019 Detail][SB577 2019 Text][SB577 2019 Comments]	2019-02-21 Referred to Transportation
2017-2018 85th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to the offense involving the carrying of handguns by license holders on the premises of state hospitals. [SB577 2017 Detail][SB577 2017 Text][SB577 2017 Comments]	2017-02-08 Referred to State Affairs
2015-2016 84th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to the practice of therapeutic optometry. [SB577 2015 Detail][SB577 2015 Text][SB577 2015 Comments]	2015-04-29 Left pending in committee
2013-2014 83rd Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, partisan elections for all judicial offices, and nonpartisan elections for the retention or rejection for all judicial offices. [SB577 2013 Detail][SB577 2013 Text][SB577 2013 Comments]	2013-04-01 Left pending in committee
2011-2012 82nd Legislature (Passed)	Relating to the use of facsimile signatures for certain documents involving certain municipalities. [SB577 2011 Detail][SB577 2011 Text][SB577 2011 Comments]	2011-06-17 Effective immediately
2009-2010 81st Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to the child health plan program. [SB577 2009 Detail][SB577 2009 Text][SB577 2009 Comments]	2009-02-23 Referred to Health & Human Services

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Legislative Citation

APA

TX SB577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature. (2013, April 01). LegiScan. Retrieved September 11, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB577/2013

MLA

"TX SB577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 01 Apr. 2013. Web. 11 Sep. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB577/2013>.

Chicago

"TX SB577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature." April 01, 2013 LegiScan. Accessed September 11, 2026. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB577/2013.

Turabian

LegiScan. TX SB577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature. 01 April 2013. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB577/2013 (accessed September 11, 2026).

Subjects

Courts
Courts--Appellate
Courts--District
Courts--General
Courts--Judges
Elections
Elections--Candidates
Elections--Judicial

Same As/Similar To

Bill	Relationship	Date	Title	Last Action
SJR34	Enabling for	2013-04-01	Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in appellate judicial offices by appointment, for partisan elections for all judicial offices, and for subsequent nonpartisan retention elections for all judicial offices.	Left pending in committee

Texas State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=83R&Bill=SB577
Text	http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/83R/billtext/html/SB00577I.htm