Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 83-14)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-21 - Considered in Calendars [HJR56 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Rob Orr [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-058	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Smithee [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0702	HD-086	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Todd Smith [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-092	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Wayne Smith [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-128	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Burt Solomons [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-065	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Nicholas Taylor [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-008	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Vicki Truitt [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-098	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Hubert Vo [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0568	HD-149	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Randy Weber [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-029	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Zerwas [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-028	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mark Shelton [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-097	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ralph Sheffield [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-055	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Otto [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-018	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Tan Parker [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0112	SD-012	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Diane Patrick [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-094	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kenneth Paxton [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	SD-008	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Aaron Pena [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-040	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Larry Phillips [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-062	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Pickett [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-079	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Richard Raymond [D]	Sponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-042	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Debbie Riddle [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-150	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Allan Ritter [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-021	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dan Huberty [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-127	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lyle Larson [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-122	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Charles Perry [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0128	SD-028	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative J.M. Lozano [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0463	HD-043	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lanham Lyne [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-069	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Donald Margo [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-078	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sergio Munoz [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0704	HD-036	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Barbara Nash [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-093	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Four Price [R]	Sponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-087	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Connie Scott [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-034	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Raul Torres [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-033	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Reynolds [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0494	HD-027	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Garza [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-117	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative George Lavender [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-001	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jim Landtroop [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-085	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Rodriguez [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-051	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kenneth Sheets [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-107	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James White [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-019	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Erwin Cain [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-003	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jose Aliseda [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-035	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marva Beck [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-057	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cindy Burkett [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-113	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Stefani Carter [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-102	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Frullo [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-084	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lance Gooden [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-004	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rodney Anderson [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-105	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rafael Anchia [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0746	HD-103	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Myra Crownover [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-064	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Drew Darby [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0331	HD-072	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Davis [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-129	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Joe Driver [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-113	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Craig Eiland [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-023	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gary Elkins [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-135	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dan Flynn [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-002	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Pete Gallego [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-074	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charlie Geren [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0610	HD-099	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Hamilton [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-019	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Charles Creighton [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0104	SD-004	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Byron Cook [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-008	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Anderson [R]	Sponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-056	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Leo Berman [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-006	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dwayne Bohac [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-138	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dennis Bonnen [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-025	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Branch [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-108	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Fred Brown [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-014	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angie Button [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0486	HD-112	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Callegari [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-132	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Warren Chisum [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-088	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Wayne Christian [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-009	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kelly Hancock [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0109	SD-009	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Hardcastle [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-068	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Harless [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-126	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tim Kleinschmidt [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-017	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lois Kolkhorst [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0118	SD-018	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Kuempel [R]	Sponsor	N/A	N/A	HD-044	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jodie Laubenberg [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-089	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ken Legler [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-144	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tryon Lewis [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-081	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jerry Madden [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-067	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Armando Martinez [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0530	HD-039	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jose Menendez [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0126	SD-026	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Doug Miller [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-073	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tracy King [D]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-080	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Susan King [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-071	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Linda Harper-Brown [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-105	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harvey Hilderbran [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-053	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charles Hopson [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-011	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Charlie Howard [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-026	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Donna Howard [D]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0631	HD-048	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Bryan Hughes [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0101	SD-001	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Todd Hunter [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0672	HD-032	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jim Jackson [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-115	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative James Keffer [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-060	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Phil King [R]	Sponsor	Webmail	512-463-0110	SD-010	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sid Miller [R]	Sponsor	Inactive	Inactive	HD-059	Sponsored Bills	Inactive	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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