Texas State Representative

Joe Pickett 2009 - 81st Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB3502

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/6/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/31/09  
Relating to acknowledgements required of a purchaser of residential real property in connection with the receipt of a seller's disclosure notice regarding the property.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4004

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/3/09  
Voted on by House
4/16/09  
Out of Senate Committee
4/29/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/12/09  
Governor Action
5/23/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/14/09  
Relating to the management and control of certain utility systems.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4010

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the right of a landlord to require a tenant to obtain liability insurance as a condition of residential tendency:.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB489

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/16/09  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to remove graffiti from private property at the owner's expense.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB548

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/21/09  
Voted on by House
5/2/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
6/1/09  
Relating to the impoundment of certain motor vehicles involved in the commission of the offense of racing on a highway.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB782

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
3/18/09  
Voted on by House
3/26/09  
Out of Senate Committee
4/29/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/7/09  
Governor Action
5/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/8/09  
Relating to registration exemptions for certain foreign commercial motor vehicles.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB783

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
3/31/09  
Voted on by House
4/22/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/14/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/22/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/26/09  
Relating to the liability of an electric utility that allows recreational use of land that the utility owns, occupies, or leases.

Joint Author of Legislation

TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain.
TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB417

Filed
12/16/08  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB459

Filed
12/22/08  
Out of House Committee
4/9/09  
Voted on by House
5/7/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/23/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to county abatement and regulation of nuisances.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB815

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the hours of sale for liquor.

Co-Author of Legislation

TX

Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB5

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB503

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB51

Filed
11/10/08  
Out of House Committee
4/14/09  
Voted on by House
4/27/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/25/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/17/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
6/1/09  
Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB6

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally.