Resolutions--legislative Policy

State (Texas)
Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Supporting the establishment of a veterans' hospital in the city of El Paso. [SR-416] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ]
Supporting the establishment of a veterans' hospital in the city of El Paso.

Sponsored by: Sen. Eliot Shapleigh Placed On Local & Uncontested Calendar on 04/30/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Paying tribute to the rights guaranteed to the people of the United States. [SR-1044] [Human Rights ]
Paying tribute to the rights guaranteed to the people of the United States.

Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Estes Received By The Secretary Of The Senate on 06/01/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. [SJR-27] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ]
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

Sponsored by: Sen. Rodney Ellis Read First Time on 03/13/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Approving the system-wide settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice resolving certain investigations of state mental retardation facilities. [SCR-77] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ] [Disabilities ] [Healthcare ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Approving the system-wide settlement agreement with the United States Department of Justice resolving certain investigations of state mental retardation facilities.

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Signed By The Governor on 06/04/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Expressing support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Istanbul, urging intervention by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to stop institutional discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and calling on the government of Turkey to safeguard religious rights within its borders, including those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. [SCR-70] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Religion ]
Expressing support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in Istanbul, urging intervention by the United States, the European Union, and the United Nations to stop institutional discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and calling on the government of Turkey to safeguard religious rights within its borders, including those of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Referred To State Affairs on 05/21/2009

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Authorizing the Texas Legislative Council to pay membership dues to the Council of State Governments for state officers. [SCR-67] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Authorizing the Texas Legislative Council to pay membership dues to the Council of State Governments for state officers.

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlie Geren Signed By The Governor on 06/19/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Directing state agencies to initiate emission reduction policies and programs in order to help Central and South Central Texas meet the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground-level ozone. [SCR-60] [Air Quality ] [Environmental ] [Energy ] [Climate Change ]
Directing state agencies to initiate emission reduction policies and programs in order to help Central and South Central Texas meet the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ground-level ozone.

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 05/21/2009

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Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to pursue federal funding for the support of kinship caregivers. [SCR-57] [Healthcare ] [Human Services ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Children and Youth ]
Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to pursue federal funding for the support of kinship caregivers.

Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West Permission To Introduce on 04/14/2009

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Memorializing Congress to cease and desist attempting to enact federal legislation impinging on the individual right of every American to keep and bear arms and urging Congress to oppose passage of the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009. [SCR-54] [Firearms/Gun Control ]
Memorializing Congress to cease and desist attempting to enact federal legislation impinging on the individual right of every American to keep and bear arms and urging Congress to oppose passage of the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009.

Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio Referred To Border & Intergovernmental Affairs on 05/29/2009

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Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation. [SCR-51] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation.

Sponsored by: Sen. Dan Goeb Patrick Read First Time on 03/31/2009

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Certifying the state's intention to request and use all funds that may be available to the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. [SCR-49] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Certifying the state's intention to request and use all funds that may be available to the state under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Sponsored by: Sen. Eliot Shapleigh Read First Time on 03/31/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. [SCR-48] [Social Security ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Senior Citizens ]
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

Sponsored by: Sen. Leticia R. Van De Putte Read First Time on 03/31/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Directing the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency to educate parents of adolescent Texans regarding the importance of adolescents receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations. [SCR-46] [Healthcare ] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Directing the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency to educate parents of adolescent Texans regarding the importance of adolescents receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations.

Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/28/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Renaming Building G at the Department of State Health Services Central Complex as the Dr. Robert Bernstein Building. [SCR-42] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ]
Renaming Building G at the Department of State Health Services Central Complex as the Dr. Robert Bernstein Building.

Sponsored by: Sen. Leticia R. Van De Putte Signed By The Governor on 06/19/2009

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Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. [SCR-39] [Law Enforcement ]
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Co-author Authorized on 04/15/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

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. [SCR-38] [Veterans ] [Healthcare ] [Military ]
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.

Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa Signed By The Governor on 06/19/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. [SCR-35] [Ethics ]
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the United States Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Co-author Authorized on 04/17/2009

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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. [SCR-21] [Defense ] [National Security ] [Military ] [Funding ]
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.

Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Estes Read First Time on 03/13/2009

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Expressing the intent of the Texas Legislature that the state accept federal economic stimulus funds appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or any similar legislation. [SCR-15] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Economic Development ]
Expressing the intent of the Texas Legislature that the state accept federal economic stimulus funds appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or any similar legislation.

Sponsored by: Sen. Rodney Ellis Co-author Authorized on 03/16/2009

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Texas 81st Legislature Regular Session

Expressing opposition to any federal legislation that would create an optional federal charter for insurers. [HR-798] [Insurance ]
Expressing opposition to any federal legislation that would create an optional federal charter for insurers.

Sponsored by: Sen. Larry Taylor Reported Enrolled on 05/21/2009

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