Texas House Bill 51 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on June 17 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-06-17 - See remarks for effective date

Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.

Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.

Rep. Alma Allen [D]	Rep. Roberto Alonzo [D]	Sen. Carol Alvarado [D]	Rep. Rafael Anchia [D]
Rep. Jimmie Aycock [R]	Rep. Leo Berman [R]	Rep. Dwayne Bohac [R]	Rep. Valinda Bolton [D]
Rep. Dennis Bonnen [R]	Rep. Daniel Branch [R]	Rep. Fred Brown [R]	Rep. Angie Button [R]
Rep. William Callegari [R]	Rep. Barbara Caraway [D]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D]	Rep. Ellen Cohen [D]
Rep. Garnet Coleman [D]	Rep. Byron Cook [R]	Rep. Joe Crabb [R]	Sen. Charles Creighton [R]
Rep. Myra Crownover [R]	Rep. Drew Darby [R]	Rep. John Davis [R]	Rep. Joe Driver [R]
Rep. Dawnna Dukes [D]	Rep. Harold Dutton [D]	Rep. Al Edwards [D]	Rep. Craig Eiland [D]
Rep. Rob Eissler [R]	Rep. Gary Elkins [R]	Rep. Kirk England [D]	Rep. Joe Farias [D]
Rep. Jessica Farrar [D]	Rep. Allen Fletcher [R]	Rep. Kino Flores [D]	Rep. Dan Flynn [R]
Rep. Stephen Frost [D]	Rep. Helen Giddings [D]	Rep. Veronica Gonzales [D]	Rep. Ryan Guillen [R]
Sen. Kelly Hancock [R]	Rep. Rick Hardcastle [R]	Rep. Patricia Harless [R]	Rep. Linda Harper-Brown [R]
Rep. Will Hartnett [R]	Rep. Joe Heflin [D]	Rep. Ana Hernandez [D]	Rep. Harvey Hilderbran [R]
Rep. Mark Homer [D]	Rep. Charles Hopson [R]	Rep. Charlie Howard [R]	Rep. Todd Hunter [R]
Rep. Carl Isett [R]	Sen. James Jackson [R]	Rep. Jim Jackson [R]	Rep. Delwin Jones [R]
Rep. James Keffer [R]	Rep. Carol Kent [D]	Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt [R]	Rep. John Kuempel [R]
Rep. Jodie Laubenberg [R]	Rep. Ken Legler [R]	Rep. David Leibowitz [D]	Rep. Tryon Lewis [R]
Rep. Jerry Madden [R]	Rep. Armando Martinez [D]	Rep. Brian McCall [R]	Rep. Ruth McClendon [D]
Rep. Robert Miklos [D]	Rep. Doug Miller [R]	Sen. Tan Parker [R]	Rep. Diane Patrick [R]
Rep. Joe Pickett [D]	Rep. Paula Pierson [D]	Rep. Jim Pitts [R]	Rep. Chente Quintanilla [D]
Rep. Debbie Riddle [R]	Rep. Patrick Rose [D]	Rep. Mark Shelton [R]	Rep. Wayne Smith [R]
Rep. Burt Solomons [R]	Rep. Mark Strama [D]	Sen. Larry Taylor [R]	Rep. Kristi Thibaut [D]
Rep. Chris Turner [D]	Rep. Sylvester Turner [D]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D]	Rep. Mike Villarreal [D]
Rep. Hubert Vo [D]	Rep. Randy Weber [R]	Rep. Beverly Woolley [R]	Sen. Judith Zaffirini [D]
Rep. John Zerwas [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-06-17		See remarks for effective date
2009-06-17		Signed by the Governor
2009-06-03		Sent to the Governor
2009-06-03		Signed in the Senate
2009-06-01		Signed in the House
2009-06-01		Reported enrolled
2009-06-01		House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2009-05-31		Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
2009-05-31		Record vote
2009-05-31		House adopts conference committee report
2009-05-31		House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
2009-05-31		Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2009-05-31		Record vote
2009-05-31		Senate adopts conference committee report
2009-05-31		Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
2009-05-31		Co-sponsor authorized
2009-05-30		Conf. Comm. Report printed and distributed
2009-05-30		Conference committee report filed
2009-05-30		Senate appoints conferees-reported
2009-05-30		Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
2009-05-30		Senate appoints conferees
2009-05-30		Senate grants request for conference comm.
2009-05-30		House appoints conferees-reported
2009-05-30		House requests conference committee-reported
2009-05-30		House refuses to concur-reported
2009-05-29		House appoints conferees
2009-05-29		House requests conference committee
2009-05-29		House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
2009-05-28		Senate Amendments printed and distributed
2009-05-28		Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2009-05-28		Senate passage as amended reported
2009-05-26		Record vote
2009-05-26		Passed
2009-05-26		Read 3rd time
2009-05-26		Record vote
2009-05-26		Three day rule suspended
2009-05-26		Vote recorded in Journal
2009-05-26		Passed to 3rd reading as amended
2009-05-26		Vote recorded in Journal
2009-05-26		Amended
2009-05-26		Amendment(s) offered
2009-05-26		Vote recorded in Journal
2009-05-26		Amendment adopted as amended
2009-05-26		Vote recorded in Journal
2009-05-26		Amendment amended
2009-05-26		Amendment to amendment offered
2009-05-26		Amendment(s) offered
2009-05-26		Vote recorded in Journal
2009-05-26		Amended
2009-05-26		Amendment(s) offered
2009-05-26		Read 2nd time
2009-05-26		Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2009-05-26		Placed on intent calendar
2009-05-25		Committee report printed and distributed
2009-05-25		Reported favorably as substituted
2009-05-22		Considered in public hearing
2009-05-22		Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2009-05-20		Left pending in committee
2009-05-20		Considered in public hearing
2009-05-20		Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2009-05-06		Left pending in committee
2009-05-06		Testimony taken in committee
2009-05-06		Considered in public hearing
2009-05-06		Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2009-05-04		Referred to Higher Education
2009-05-04		Read first time
2009-04-27		Received from the House
2009-04-27		Reported engrossed
2009-04-24		Record vote
2009-04-24		Passed
2009-04-24		Amendment fails of adoption
2009-04-24		Read 3rd time
2009-04-24		Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2009-04-24		Record vote
2009-04-24		Constitutional three day rule suspended
2009-04-24		Passed to engrossment as amended
2009-04-24		Amendment withdrawn
2009-04-24		Amended
2009-04-24		Laid out as postponed business
2009-04-24		Postponed
2009-04-24		Read 2nd time
2009-04-24		Placed on Major State Calendar
2009-04-22		Considered in Calendars
2009-04-15		Committee report sent to Calendars
2009-04-14		Committee report printed and distributed
2009-04-14		Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2009-03-25		Reported favorably as substituted
2009-03-25		Committee substitute considered in committee
2009-03-25		Considered in public hearing
2009-03-11		Left pending in committee
2009-03-11		Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2009-03-11		Considered in public hearing
2009-03-11		Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2009-02-12		Referred to Higher Education
2009-02-12		Read first time
2008-11-10		Filed

HJR14 (Enabling for) 2009-06-03 - Filed with the Secretary of State
HJR139 (Enabling for) 2009-03-26 - Referred to Higher Education

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