Texas State Senator

Lois Kolkhorst 2009 - 81st Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 5)

Legislative Session

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB425

Filed
12/18/08  
Out of House Committee
4/6/09  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition against changing the name of certain public institutions of higher education that are named after state historical figures.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB492

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/14/09  
Voted on by House
4/27/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/8/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/14/09  
Governor Action
5/30/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Report Pass
5/8/09  
Enrolled
5/20/09  
Relating to the expansion of faith- and community-based health and human services and social services initiatives.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4438

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
5/7/09  
Voted on by House
5/17/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to the Texas Forest Service.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4439

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the transmission of information regarding public school students through the use of radio frequency identification technology.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4440

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
5/5/09  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study by the attorney general of the effects on state law and authority of certain international and other agreements and bodies.
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Texas House Bill HB4471

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/6/09  
Voted on by House
4/23/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/23/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/27/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/30/09  
Relating to the professional nursing shortage reduction program.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB4596

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and the Employees Retirement System of Texas, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, The Texas A&M University System, or The University of Texas System.
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Texas House Bill HB500

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a temporary prohibition on increasing the market value of certain parcels of real property for ad valorem tax purposes following determination of a protest or appeal.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB504

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of an offense for a parent's contribution to a child's failure to comply with a sentence or court order relating to a disruptive activity or disruption of class on school property.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB508

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study of the effect on this state's economy of replacing all state and school district ad valorem tax revenue with revenue from a transaction tax.
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Texas House Bill HB518

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/22/09  
Voted on by House
5/17/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/25/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/31/09  
Relating to programs to provide student loan repayment assistance for certain correctional officers, for certain speech-language pathologists and audiologists, and for certain mathematics and science teachers.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB768

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
4/15/09  
Voted on by House
4/28/09  
Out of Senate Committee
5/21/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/22/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/23/09  
Relating to the requirement that a new road ordered by the commissioners court of a county be laid out by a jury of view.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HCR293

Introduced
6/1/09  
Enrolled
6/2/09  
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 2730.

Co-Author of Legislation

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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 HCR258

Introduced
5/21/09  
Refer
5/21/09  
Enrolled
6/1/09  
Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.