Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Senate Veteran Affairs & Military Installations Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR21

Introduced
2/18/09  
Urging the Texas congressional delegation to take action to prohibit the use of federal funds to transfer enemy combatants detained at Guantanamo Bay to any facility in Texas or to build or modify facilities for any such enemy combatants in the state.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR22

Introduced
2/18/09  
Refer
3/13/09  
Report Pass
3/30/09  
Refer
4/16/09  
Report Pass
4/29/09  
Enrolled
5/25/09  
Urging Congress to reopen consideration of the case to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to World War I hero Marcelino Serna.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR38

Introduced
3/4/09  
Refer
3/13/09  
Report Pass
3/30/09  
Refer
4/16/09  
Report Pass
5/15/09  
Enrolled
5/30/09  
Memorializing Congress to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to veterans who served on the inland waterways, territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SCR5

Introduced
1/23/09  
Refer
3/13/09  
Report Pass
3/30/09  
Refer
4/16/09  
Report Pass
5/1/09  
Enrolled
5/25/09  
Designating the Texas Medal of Honor Memorial on the campus of Hill College in Hillsboro as the official State Memorial to Texas-Born Medal of Honor Recipients.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1022

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/20/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to death benefits for the survivors of certain members of the Texas National Guard.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1030

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to providing certain health care services for certain military servicemembers.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1075

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/30/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the absence of a student from public school to visit with a parent or guardian who has been or will be deployed to a combat zone.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SR416

Refer
3/31/09  
Report Pass
4/17/09  
Introduced
4/30/09  
Enrolled
4/30/09  
Supporting the establishment of a veterans' hospital in the city of El Paso.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1538

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/27/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to establishing veterans resource centers at certain institutions of higher education.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1537

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
3/30/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/9/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel and their dependents and for the spouses and children of certain deceased, missing, and disabled military personnel.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1940

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/6/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/09  
Out of House Committee
5/13/09  
Voted on by House
5/26/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
5/29/09  
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and to the establishment of pretrial veterans court programs.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1939

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1648

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/29/09  
Voted on by Senate
5/1/09  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to providing outreach services, service coordination for behavioral health services and other health care services related to mental health, and related information to members and veterans of the armed forces and their families, creating a pilot program for provision of related behavioral health services, and providing for the creation of related clinical practice guidelines.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1654

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/2/09  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the criteria for evaluating requests for defense economic adjustment assistance grants.
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Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1655

Filed
 
Out of Senate Committee
4/6/09  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/09  
Out of House Committee
5/4/09  
Voted on by House
5/20/09  
Governor Action
6/19/09  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Enrolled
6/1/09  
Relating to the organization, duties, and functions of the Texas Veterans Commission and to providing funding for assistance for veterans through a lottery game.