Texas State Senator
Joan Huffman 2011 - 82nd Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 7)
Legislative Session
Primary Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB686
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Introduced
2/14/11
Voted on by Senate
Refer
2/23/11
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the extension of the period of community supervision for certain defendants who fail to pay restitution.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB687
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
4/18/11
Introduced
2/14/11
Voted on by Senate
5/3/11
Refer
2/23/11
Out of House Committee
5/20/11
Report Pass
4/18/11
Voted on by House
Engrossed
5/3/11
Governor Action
Refer
5/3/11
Bill Becomes Law
Report Pass
5/17/11
Relating to interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications for law enforcement purposes.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SCR14
Introduced
2/3/11
Refer
2/14/11
Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SCR16
Introduced
2/11/11
Introduced
2/11/11
Refer
2/17/11
Refer
2/17/11
Report Pass
3/16/11
Report Pass
3/16/11
Refer
4/29/11
Refer
4/29/11
Report Pass
5/12/11
Report Pass
5/12/11
Enrolled
5/23/11
Enrolled
5/23/11
Passed
6/17/11
Passed
6/17/11
Designating the month of March each year from 2011 through 2020 as Women Veterans Month in tribute to the immeasurable contributions that women in the military have made to this nation.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SCR36
Refer
3/28/11
Refer
3/28/11
Report Pass
4/12/11
Report Pass
4/12/11
Refer
5/2/11
Refer
5/2/11
Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SCR4
Introduced
1/3/11
Introduced
1/3/11
Urging the government of the Republic of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights, cease discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate and recognize its international status, grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the authority to determine ecclesiastical succession and the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and respect the property rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the human rights of its personnel.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SR1212
Introduced
5/28/11
Enrolled
5/28/11
Passed
5/28/11
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2694.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SR1215
Introduced
5/26/11
Enrolled
5/26/11
Passed
5/26/11
Recognizing Eric Sermeno on the occasion of his graduation from the Texas School for the Deaf.
Co-Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB715
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
3/30/11
Introduced
2/15/11
Voted on by Senate
4/7/11
Refer
2/23/11
Out of House Committee
4/21/11
Report Pass
3/30/11
Voted on by House
Engrossed
4/7/11
Governor Action
Refer
4/11/11
Bill Becomes Law
Report Pass
4/20/11
Relating to access to a child's medical records by the child's attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, or amicus attorney.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB779
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
3/28/11
Introduced
2/18/11
Voted on by Senate
4/7/11
Refer
3/1/11
Out of House Committee
Report Pass
3/28/11
Voted on by House
Engrossed
4/7/11
Governor Action
Refer
4/29/11
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; providing a criminal penalty.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB866
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
4/13/11
Introduced
2/22/11
Voted on by Senate
4/19/11
Refer
3/1/11
Out of House Committee
5/3/11
Report Pass
4/13/11
Voted on by House
5/19/11
Engrossed
4/19/11
Governor Action
6/17/11
Refer
4/26/11
Bill Becomes Law
Report Pass
5/3/11
Enrolled
5/20/11
Enrolled
5/20/11
Passed
6/17/11
Relating to the education of public school students with dyslexia, the education and training of educators who teach students with dyslexia, and the assessment of students with dyslexia attending an institution of higher education.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB887
Filed
Introduced
2/23/11
Out of Senate Committee
3/28/11
Voted on by Senate
3/31/11
Refer
3/1/11
Out of House Committee
5/7/11
Report Pass
3/28/11
Voted on by House
5/9/11
Engrossed
3/31/11
Governor Action
5/21/11
Refer
4/11/11
Bill Becomes Law
Report Pass
5/6/11
Enrolled
5/10/11
Enrolled
5/10/11
Passed
5/21/11
Passed
5/21/11
Relating to the penalty for theft of an automated teller machine or the contents or components of an automated teller machine.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB9
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
4/26/11
Introduced
3/3/11
Voted on by Senate
4/28/11
Refer
3/7/11
Out of House Committee
5/21/11
Report Pass
4/26/11
Voted on by House
Engrossed
4/28/11
Governor Action
Refer
5/4/11
Bill Becomes Law
Report Pass
5/20/11
Relating to homeland security; providing penalties.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB945
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
3/17/11
Introduced
2/24/11
Voted on by Senate
3/24/11
Refer
3/8/11
Out of House Committee
5/21/11
Report Pass
3/17/11
Voted on by House
Engrossed
3/24/11
Governor Action
Refer
4/29/11
Bill Becomes Law
Report Pass
5/19/11
Relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a four-year public institution of higher education who previously attended the lower-division institution.
TX
Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB968
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to certain costs used to fund court-appointed volunteer advocate programs.