Texas State Representative

J.D. Sheffield 2015 - 84th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)

Legislative Session

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB861

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor.
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Texas House Bill HB892

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the medical use of low-THC cannabis and the regulation of related organizations and individuals; requiring a dispensing organization to obtain a license to dispense low-THC cannabis and any employee of a dispensing organization to obtain a registration; authorizing fees.
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Texas House Bill HB972

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to reporting of expenditures by persons registered as lobbyists.
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Texas House Bill HJR37

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that a person holding a statewide elective office automatically vacates office on announcing a candidacy or becoming a candidate for another elective office before December 1 of the last full odd-numbered year of the person's term of office.
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Texas House Bill HJR38

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment limiting to two the number of consecutive terms for which a person may be elected or appointed to hold certain state offices.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB876

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the method of payment for regulated material purchased by a metal recycling entity.
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Texas House Bill HB910

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry a holstered handgun; creating criminal offenses.
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Texas House Bill HB942

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the storage of certain hazardous chemicals; transferring enforcement of certain reporting requirements, including the imposition of criminal, civil, and administrative penalties, from the Department of State Health Services to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; reenacting a criminal offense.
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Texas House Bill HCR114

Recognizing the Operation Blue Shield initiative.
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Texas House Bill HCR35

Designating the cowboy hat as the official State Hat of Texas.
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Texas House Bill HCR57

Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.
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Texas House Bill HCR63

Urging the U.S. Congress to expedite natural gas exports.
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Texas House Bill HCR81

Expressing support for the placement of a monument to Lorenzo de Zavala on the grounds of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission building.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas House Bill HCR33

In memory of Dr. Barry B. Thompson, The Texas A&M University System chancellor emeritus and Tarleton State University president emeritus.
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Texas House Bill HCR39

Designating Hico as the official Steak Capital of Texas.