HB 1   - - - - - - -

Pitts Ogden

Relating to appropriations for the 2012-2013 biennium.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 4   - - - - - - -

Pitts Ogden

Relating to making supplemental appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority regarding appropriations.

Last Action:

6-16-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 159   - - - - - - -

Raymond Zaffirini

Relating to the resumption of employment by certain retirees within the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Allows retiree to return to work for the same city after 8 years of separation and still receive retirement benefits.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 215   - - - - - - -

Gallego Ellis

Relating to photograph and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Requires Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute to develop a model policy for photograph and live lineup identification procedures. Agencies would have to adopt a policy that conforms to the model policy.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 274   - - - - - - -

Creighton Huffman

Relating to attorney's fees, early dismissal, expedited trials, and the reform of certain remedies and procedures in civil actions.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 275   - - - - - - -

Pitts Ogden

Relating to making an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund for expenditure during the current state fiscal biennium.

Last Action:

6- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 359   - - - - - - -

Allen Lucio

Relating to the use of corporal punishment in public schools.

General Remarks:

WATCH: SB 536 added as a Senate floor amendment. Requires reports to be filed relating to the use of restraint by school district peace officers or school resource officers on school property or at school-related activities.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 378   - - - - - - -

Guillen Williams

Relating to stationary tow trucks on a highway.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 577   - - - - - - -

McClendon Deuell

Relating to emergency prehospital care provided by emergency services personnel.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 707   - - - - - - -

Laubenberg Estes

Relating to the validation of certain governmental acts and proceedings of certain municipalities relating to certain public improvement districts.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 988   - - - - - - -

Kolkhorst Whitmire

Relating to compensatory time accrued by a correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1163   - - - - - - -

Keffer Hegar

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain peace officers and firefighters.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1254   - - - - - - -

Pickett Rodriguez

Relating to consideration of the consolidation of school district peace officers and security personnel in certain counties.

Last Action:

5-28-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1476   - - - - - - -

Riddle Nichols

Relating to the grounds for revocation of an emergency medical services personnel certification.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1488   - - - - - - -

Gutierrez Van de Putte

Relating to examinations for hiring in certain municipal fire departments.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Currently is double bracketed to apply only to San Antonio and would provide that tests for beginning positions in the fire department could be based on mechanisms other than a written examination.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1566   - - - - - - -

Coleman Gallegos

Relating to the authority of counties to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians, dentists, or other health care providers for county jails.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1567   - - - - - - -

Coleman Gallegos

Relating to the authority of certain counties to appoint, contract for, or employ physicians, dentists, or other health care providers for county jails.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1646   - - - - - - -

Gallego Ellis

Relating to representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Requires court to appoint competant counsel for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 1774   - - - - - - -

Taylor, Larry Huffman

Relating to the continuation and functions of the office of injured employee counsel under the workers' compensation program.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2002   - - - - - - -

Marquez Rodriguez

Relating to the county ethics commission for certain counties.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2006   - - - - - - -

Bonnen Huffman

Relating to the release of a photograph of a police officer and access to records maintained by internal investigative divisions in certain municipalities.

General Remarks:

NOTE: House floor amendment makes bill apply to all civil service cities. Changed states to SUPPORT. FILED AS HOUSTON ONLY: Amends civil service to prohibit the release of officer's photograph unless the officer has been charged with an offense, the officer is a party to a disciplinary hearing, the photograph is evidence in a judicial proceeding, or the officer gives consent.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2089   - - - - - - -

Smithee Fraser

Relating to the resolution of overpayment or underpayment of income benefits under the workers' compensation program.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2127   - - - - - - -

Geren Harris

Relating to the municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons in certain counties.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2310   - - - - - - -

Miller, Doug Wentworth

Relating to appointment of bailiffs for the district courts in Comal, Hays, and Caldwell Counties.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2460   - - - - - - -

Truitt Wentworth

Relating to confidentiality of information held by a public retirement system.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Would make pension information subject to the open records act.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2516   - - - - - - -

Alvarado Gallegos

Relating to the appeal of an indefinite suspension of a municipal firefighter or police officer.

General Remarks:

HOUSTON ONLY: Allows suspension up to 90 calendar days.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 2702   - - - - - - -

Solomons Eltife

Relating to the application of statutes that classify political subdivisions according to population.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 3099   - - - - - - -

Kolkhorst Hegar

Relating to the office of inspector general of the Department of Public Safety.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 3307   - - - - - - -

Munoz Hinojosa

Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 3384   - - - - - - -

Madden Whitmire

Relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 3788   - - - - - - -

Marquez Davis, Wendy

Relating to the authority of a county civil service commission to administer oaths and issue subpoenas.

General Remarks:

Allows county civil service commission to administer oaths and issue subpoenas. Status changed to SUPPORT.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 3815   - - - - - - -

Lewis Seliger

Relating to the authority of the Ector County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

HB 3823   - - - - - - -

Thompson Ellis

Relating to the regulation of certain telecommunicators.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Includes law enforcement telecommunicators (dispatchers) under TCLEOSE licensing.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 32   - - - - - - -

Zaffirini Branch

Relating to the consolidation of related higher education programs governing tuition, fee exemptions, and waivers respective to specific target populations.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Affects tuition exemptions for peace officers, disabled peace officers and children of peace officers killed in the line of duty.

Last Action:

1- 1-12 G Earliest effective date

SB 122   - - - - - - -

Ellis Gallego

Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 150   - - - - - - -

West Miller, Sid

Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 316   - - - - - - -

Whitmire Gallego

Relating to criminal asset forfeiture, the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture, and accountability for that disposition.

General Remarks:

WATCH: New rules and restrictions on the law enforcement use of seized assets.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 403   - - - - - - -

Eltife Murphy

Relating to the consideration of pension and other postemployment benefits in establishing the rates of a gas utility.

Last Action:

5-28-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 542   - - - - - - -

Hegar Fletcher

Relating to the regulation of law enforcement officers by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Removes requirement for a physical examination. Changes references in law to peace officers and county jailers to "persons licensed under the chapter" or "license holders". Adds section that reiterates requirement under Education Code that police chiefs must complete initial training and continuing education requirements from Bill Blackwood Management Institute. Removes references to ex officio members. SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE: Removed requirement for county jailer inservice training.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 545   - - - - - - -

Seliger Driver

Relating to employment records for law enforcement officers, including procedures to correct employment termination reports.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Revamps procedures for peace officer termination reports (F5) to TCLEOSE. Removes requirements that evidence or misconduct or innocence be submitted to TCLEOSE. Appeals of termination reports would be immediately referred to SOHA. Provides that all information submitted to TCLEOSE is confidential and not subject to disclosure under the open records act.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 601   - - - - - - -

Rodriguez Gonzalez, Naomi

Relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 602   - - - - - - -

Rodriguez Marquez

Relating to allowing a governmental body to redact certain personal information under the public information law without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general and the calculation of certain deadlines.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 604   - - - - - - -

Rodriguez Gonzalez, Naomi

Relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers.

General Remarks:

Allows county jailers to exercise same authority to execute process as a peace officer within the county jail, including warrants, capias, subpoena, and attachments. Status changed to SUPPORT.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 639   - - - - - - -

Van de Putte Branch

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain military personnel, veterans, and dependents residing in this state.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 812   - - - - - - -

Zaffirini Raymond

Relating to the service retirement benefits of certain retirees who resume employment within the Texas Municipal Retirement System.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Allows retiree to return to work for the same city after 8 years of separation and still receive retirement benefits.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1065   - - - - - - -

Williams Hamilton

Relating to critical incident stress management and crisis response services.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1147   - - - - - - -

Duncan Ritter

Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts, including conforming amendments.

Last Action:

4- 1-13 G Earliest effective date

SB 1160   - - - - - - -

Seliger Jackson, Jim

Relating to the liability of a landowner for harm to a trespasser.

General Remarks:

House Amendment: Added limit of liability for landowner based on actions of peace officer or federal officer who enters agricultural land.

Last Action:

5-20-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1233   - - - - - - -

West Coleman

Relating to the promotion of efficiencies in and the administration of certain county services and functions.

General Remarks:

SUPPORT: Allows county jailers to execute lawful process. Allows peace officers to testify before a grand jury via video teleconferencing.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1303   - - - - - - -

West Fletcher

Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 81st Legislature.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1378   - - - - - - -

Nichols Otto

Relating to the authority of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to commission peace officers.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Allows Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to commission peace officers.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1420   - - - - - - -

Hinojosa Harper-Brown

Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Department of Transportation.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1649   - - - - - - -

Watson Margo

Relating to a grant program to support the prosecution of certain crimes.

Last Action:

6-17-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1667   - - - - - - -

Duncan Truitt

Relating to the administration of and benefits payable by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and to certain domestic relations orders.

General Remarks:

CLEAT has worked for the last several sessions to try improve pension benefits for officers working for universities and school districts who are members of the Teachers Retirement System (TRS). They are not included in the 20-year law enforcement retirement fund currently in the Employee Retirement System of Texas. One of the road blocks associated with trying to seek changes was the fact that the TRS does not keep records identifying which members of the system are peace officers. Because of this, TRS is unable to accurately determine the fiscal impact of changing the retirement plan for these officers or moving them into the ERS fund. Senator Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, filed SB 464 which would have required that TRS track this information. At the request of Senator Lucio, this requirement was added into SB 1667 which passed and was signed by the governor.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1686   - - - - - - -

Ellis Anchia

Relating to group health insurance coverage for persons wrongfully imprisoned.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1687   - - - - - - -

Ellis Coleman

Relating to information on turnover among county jail personnel.

General Remarks:

SUPPORT: Requires county to send report to TCJS on staffing in order to devolop risk assesment for each jail.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SB 1698   - - - - - - -

Williams Callegari

Relating to reporting on the population of and the housing costs for certain inmates in county jails.

General Remarks:

WATCH: Requires county to report to the Jail Standards Commission the number of prisoners who are unlawfully present in the US and the cost associated with housing them.

Last Action:

9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date

SJR 37   - - - - - - -

Van de Putte Taylor, Van

Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal the provision that requires the automatic resignation of certain county, municipal, or district officeholders if they become candidates for another office.

Last Action:

11- 8-11 G Election date