Texas State Senator
Joan Huffman 2015 - 84th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)
Legislative Session
Primary Author of Legislation
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB588
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Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
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Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to the dispensing of aesthetic pharmaceuticals by physicians and therapeutic optometrists; imposing fees.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB627
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Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to certain defenses to libel actions.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB648
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 distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes and tobacco products; providing penalties.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB7
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 computation of and to decreasing the rates of the franchise tax.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB764
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 creation of an additional family district court in Harris County.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB779
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to access to certain medical test results in a criminal proceeding; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB780
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 preservation of toxicological evidence collected in connection with certain intoxication offenses.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB8
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 total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB824
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 number of jurors required in certain civil cases pending in a statutory county court.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SB825
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 prosecution of the offense of prostitution.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SCR17
In memory of Bob Lanier.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SJR1
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Sent toSOS
Proposed Const. Amend.
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.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SJR66
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Sent toSOS
Proposed Const. Amend.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for the governor's and lieutenant governor's terms of office to begin at 10 a.m. on the day preceding the day the regular legislative session convenes.
Co-Author of Legislation
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular
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 2015 - 84th Regular
Texas Senate Bill SJR5
Filed
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Sent toSOS
Proposed Const. Amend.
Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating a portion of the revenue derived from the state sales and use tax and the tax imposed on the sale, use, or rental of a motor vehicle to the state highway fund.