Texas State Representative
James White 2017 - 85th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 17)
Legislative Session
Joint Sponsor of Legislation
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1326
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to procedures regarding criminal defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability and to certain duties of the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System related to persons with mental illness.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB263
Filed
11/30/16
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the handgun proficiency required to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun.
Sponsor of Legislation
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1399
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to confinement in a community corrections facility of a defendant participating in a pretrial intervention program.
Co-Sponsor of Legislation
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB15
Filed
11/22/16
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a first responder who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB16
Filed
11/30/16
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1666
Relating to the conduct of primary elections and certain other election practices; increasing a criminal penalty; creating criminal offenses.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1873
Relating to a report regarding certain health and safety information prepared by the Texas Education Agency.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB21
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the qualifications, duties, and limitations of Texas delegates to a convention called under Article V of the United States Constitution.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB24
Filed
12/20/16
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to a privilege from disclosure to governmental units for certain evidence concerning sermons delivered by a religious leader.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB252
Filed
11/22/16
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to prohibiting governmental contracts with a company doing business with Iran, Sudan, or a foreign terrorist organization.
Primary Sponsor of Legislation
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1584
Relating to the conditions of community supervision.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1743
Relating to transferring the Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities to The University of Texas at Austin and renaming the office the Office for Healthy Children.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1836
Relating to a study on the adjudication of juveniles charged with misdemeanors punishable by fine only and the use of certain terms signifying age in the criminal justice and juvenile justice statutes of this state.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1849
Relating to interactions between law enforcement and individuals detained or arrested on suspicion of the commission of criminal offenses, to the confinement, conviction, or release of those individuals, and to grants supporting populations that are more likely to interact frequently with law enforcement.
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Texas 2017 - 85th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB1913
Relating to the administrative, civil, and criminal consequences, including fines, fees, and costs, imposed on persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain criminal offenses.
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