Texas State Senator

Brian Birdwell 2015 - 84th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB795

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
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Texas Senate Bill SB8

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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Texas Senate Bill SB861

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the installation of certain telephone or telegraph corporation facilities on or across public roads, streets, or water.
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Texas Senate Bill SB862

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to voting methods in a property owners' association election or vote.
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Texas Senate Bill SB863

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the audit of river authorities by the state auditor's office.
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Texas Senate Bill SB864

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to secret ballots in a property owners' association election or vote.
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Texas Senate Bill SB865

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to immunity of a governmental entity for damage to certain utility facilities.
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Texas Senate Bill SB877

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public Safety and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas Senate Bill SB953

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an exemption for certain persons who sell signs from the requirement to be licensed as an electrician.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR1

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homestead of an elderly or disabled person to reflect the increased exemption amount, authorizing the legislature to prohibit a political subdivision that has adopted an optional residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation from reducing the amount of or repealing the exemption, and prohibiting the enactment of a law that imposes a transfer tax on a transaction that conveys fee simple title to real property.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB9

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to limitations on the rate of growth of appropriations for certain categories of spending.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR1

Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR24

Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument at the state Capitol Complex, at a site outside the historic Capitol grounds, honoring Texans who served during the Global War on Terror as part of the United States armed forces and their families.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR5

Urging Congress to reimburse the State of Texas for bearing the financial burden of the federal government's responsibility to secure the Texas-Mexico international border.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR11

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum amount of appropriations for a state fiscal biennium.