Texas State Senator

Kelly Hancock 2009 - 81st Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 3)

Legislative Session

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4261

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to establishing a no-interest loan program to promote the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technology in certain residential dwellings, commercial buildings, and places of worship.
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Texas House Bill HB47

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote and accepting a voter at a polling place.
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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 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.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB720

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HCR50

Introduced
2/17/09  
Refer
2/23/09  
Report Pass
4/23/09  
Report Pass
5/20/09  
Affirming that the State of Texas claims 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 certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HJR39

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/4/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/22/09  
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HR242

Introduced
2/2/09  
Enrolled
2/5/09  
Welcoming the Tarrant County College students visiting the State Capitol on Community College Student Day.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4443

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to notice to an insurer of an adverse claim to policy proceeds by a person with a bona fide legal claim.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HJR123

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide and guarantee loans to encourage clean energy projects.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HR2574

Introduced
5/25/09  
Enrolled
5/26/09  
In memory of Corporal Christopher J. West of Arlington.
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Texas House Bill HR2870

Introduced
5/28/09  
Enrolled
5/30/09  
In memory of Texas Army National Guard Captain Robert Vallejo II of Richland Hills.

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB465

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4808

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
5/8/09  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of the Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB855

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the regulation of certain inflatable amusement structures; providing a criminal penalty.