Texas State Senator

Paul Bettencourt 2015 - 84th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 12)

Legislative Session

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB983

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to restrictions on the assessment of the fee charged for issuance of certain birth records.
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Texas Senate Bill SB984

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the residence address of a person for purposes of registration under the Election Code.
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Texas Senate Bill SB985

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the acceptance of a voter at a polling place.
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Texas Senate Bill SB986

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to information obtained by a guardian ad litem representing a child in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR17

In memory of Bob Lanier.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR32

Urging Congress to expedite natural gas exports.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR1

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
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.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas Senate Bill SB996

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to notifying a parent or guardian whether an employee of a school is appointed school marshal and the confidentiality of information submitted to or collected by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement in connection with a certification for appointment as school marshal.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR1

Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR13

Urging the U.S. Congress to end the ban on crude oil exports.
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Texas Senate Bill SCR28

Recognizing April 2015 as Autism Awareness Month.
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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 Senate Bill SJR11

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum amount of appropriations for a state fiscal biennium.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR14

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or less of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year and to permit the voters of a county to establish a higher limitation not to exceed 110 percent on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead in the county.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR2

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations.