Texas State Representative

Sylvester Turner 2015 - 84th Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Joint Author of Legislation

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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB100

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Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1383

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the salary paid to classroom teachers employed by public schools.
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Texas House Bill HB1483

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the dispensing of aesthetic pharmaceuticals by physicians and therapeutic optometrists; imposing fees.
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Texas House Bill HB1541

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to peer specialists, peer services, and the provision of those services under the medical assistance program.
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Texas House Bill HB1812

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence.

Primary Author of Legislation

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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1092

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an annual report of residential electric customer complaints.
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Texas House Bill HB1101

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to extending the period over which the balance of the system benefit fund is to be eliminated.
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Texas House Bill HB1309

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to the notification of certain persons concerning certain events related to a child in foster care or in the managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
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Texas House Bill HB1393

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the establishment of a home and community-based services program under Medicaid for certain persons with severe and persistent mental illness.
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Texas House Bill HB1437

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain dedicated accounts in the general revenue fund that fund trauma facilities and emergency medical services.
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Texas House Bill HB1518

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the governing body of a taxing unit to adopt a local option residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion, expressed as a dollar amount, of the appraised value of an individual's residence homestead.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1519

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an increase in the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district and the increase of the exemption amount in subsequent years to reflect inflation, a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the homestead of a disabled or elderly person to reflect the increased exemption amounts, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
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Texas House Bill HB1567

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the offense of driving while license invalid.
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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1795

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the eligibility for indigent status for purposes of the driver responsibility program.

Co-Author of Legislation

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Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1278

Filed
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Relating to financial assistance paid to the survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and other public employees killed in the line of duty.