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Regular Publications Clearinghouse Update Highlights of the Legislature Research Spotlight Legislative Lexicon In Briefs Research Matters Special Reports

Other Publications by Subject Border/Immigration Criminal Justice Economic Development Education Environment/Natural Resources Ethics Finance Legislative Transportation Utilities

Regular Publications

Clearinghouse Update

A newsletter published for the Secretary of the Senate's Office twice a month, during the interim, that highlights legislative news.

Highlights of the Legislature

Summaries of major legislation passed during the legislative session.

• 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993
• 74th Legislature, Regular Session, 1995
• 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997
• 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999
• 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001
• 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003
• 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005
• 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007
• 81st Legislature, Regular & Special Session, 2009
• 82nd Legislature, Regular & Special Session – Vol I, 2011
• 82nd Legislature, Regular & Special Session – Vol II, 2011
• 83rd Legislature, Regular Session & Special Sessions – Vol I, 2014
• 83rd Legislature, Regular Session & Special Sessions – Vol II, 2014
• 84th Legislature, Regular Session – Vol I, 2015
• 84th Legislature, Regular Session – Vol II, 2015
• 85th Legislature, Regular Session – Vol I, 2017
• 85th Legislature, Regular Session – Vol II, 2017
• 86th Legislature, Regular Session – Vol I, 2019
• 86th Legislature, Regular Session – Vol II, 2019

Research Spotlight

• Legislative Lexicon, 89th Session – January 2025
• Legislative Lexicon, 88th Session – January 2023
• Legislative Lexicon, 87th Session – January 2021
• Legislative Lexicon, 86th Session – January 2019
• Legislative Lexicon, 85th Session – January 2017
• Legislative Lexicon, 84th Session – January 2015
• Invisible Government: Special Purpose Districts in Texas – October 2014
• Legislative Lexicon – January 2013
• Legislative Lexicon – January 2011
• Invisible Government: Special Purpose Districts in Texas – October 2008
• Legislative Lexicon – February 2007
• Cracking Down on Crank: Combat Methamphetamine Act of 2005 – August 2006
• The Health of the Texas Wine and Grape Industry – July 2006
• Texas Supreme Court Rules School Finance System Does Not Make the Grade – April 2006
• Texas Drought – April 2006
• Oregon's Road User Fee Pilot Program – April 2006
• E-Waste Dilemma – March 2006
• Private Property Versus Public Good: The Use of Eminent Domain for Economic Development – March 2006
• The Eighth and Eighteen: Eighth Amendment Bars the Execution of Offenders Under 18 Years of Age – November 2005

In Briefs

• 140 Days Under the Dome, Highlights of the 75th Legislature – June 1997
• 140 Days Under the Dome, Highlights of the 76th Legislature – June 1999
• 140 Days Under the Dome, Highlights of the 77th Legislature – August 2001
• 2001 Capital Punishment Update – April 2001
• 75 Issues Facing the 75th Legislature – November 1996
• 78th Legislature Tackles Homeowners Insurance Crisis – October 2003
• A Handbook on Privacy: Federal & State Legislation – March 2001
• A More Perfect Union, Amending the United States Constitution – July 2004
• A New Chapter for Texas Groundwater? – March 1999
• Affordable Housing in Texas: Fewer Funds and More Responsibility – January 1996
• Annexation in Texas: Proposed Changes Would Limit a City's Ability to Aquire New Territory – March 1997
• Auto Insurance: The Bumpy Road to Deregulation – April 1999
• Can Texas Make the Transition to Block Grants? – May 1995
• Clean Air Compliance in Texas for 2001 – February 2001
• Does Credit History Equal Insurance Risk? – February 2003
• Exemplary v. Low Performing: How the Texas Education Agency Measures Performance of Texas High Schools – May 1996
• Eyes of Texas are Upon You: Gauging the Pulse of Privacy, The – March 2001
• Federal Highway Funding Formulas & the Reauthorization of ISTEA: What's at Stake for Texas – October 1997
• Forget the Apple: School Employees Health Insurance – February 2001
• Initiative and Referendum – September 1996
• Issues Facing the 76th Legislature – November 1998
• Issues Facing the 77th Texas Legislature – December 2000
• Issues Facing the 78th Texas Legislature – January 2003
• Juvenile and Curfews: What's Fair for Kids and Effective for Crime Control? – February 1995
• Kids Come First with the 76th Texas Legislature – August 1999
• Legislative Tenure: How Long is Too Long? Term Limits in America – February 1995
• Lottery Dedication: Is It The Winning Ticket? – April 1997
• Marital Rights – June 1996
• Medicaid Meets the Computer Age – March 1995
• Medical Malpractice Liability Crisis, The – February 2003
• No-Fault Insurance: What's it all about? – February 1995
• Nursing Home Liability Insurance Rates: Factors Contributing to the Rate Increases in Texas – February 2001
• Open Records – A Ray of Texas Sunshine – April 1995
• Parole, Then and Now – May 1999
• Payday and Sale Leaseback Loans April 2001
• Preventing Juvenile Delinquency and Crime: What Works? – October 1996
• Private Sector Prison Industries: Can They Lower Recidivism Rates and Incarceration Costs? – November 1995
• Property Rights Movement and Land Use Regulation: Is There a Conflict Between Private Rights and the Public Good? – January 1995
• Quick Reference Guide to Electric Deregulation – February 1997
• School Days and Legal Maze: Constitutional Challenges to Public School Finance in Texas and Other States – April 1997
• School Vouchers: A Look at the Issues – March 1995
• Should Texans Tighten Control of Sex Offenders? – February 1995
• Should Texas Abolish the State Treasury? – March 1995
• Should Texas Opt Out of the Interstate Branch Banking? – March 1995
• State Hate Crime Laws Seek to Punish Prejudice – February 1999
• State Licenses & Unpaid Child Support – January 1995
• Taking Exception to Exceptional Sentencing
• Tobacco Settlement Funds – April 1999
• Tracking Doe; Texas Supreme Court Decision Seeks to Interpret Parental Notification Law – January 2001
• Tracking Down Fraud in Government Health Programs: 21 States Strengthen Medical Fraud Efforts to Curb Costs – December 1995
• Translating Traffic Woes to Traffic Goes: The View From Here – September 2002
• Water Talk – September 2004
• Wide-Ranging Reforms in Texas Tort Law – October 2003
• Year 2000 – Y2k: Is Texas Ready? – February 1999

Research Matters

• Attorney General Opinion that Federal Law Bars Hospital District from Providing Health Care to Indigent Aliens Generates Potential Legislation and lawsuits – September 2001
• Cloudy Forecasts for Upcoming State Budgets – October 2001
• Developments in Federal Health Care Policy – October 2001
• Does School Size Matter? Schools Within A School – November 2002
• Factoring in Race: A Divided United States Supreme Court Rules on Two Affirmative Action Programs at the University of Michigan – August 2003
• Is the Texas Health Care Liability Act DOA? – July 2004
• Moratorium on Trucks Ends – September 2004
• Mold – Good, Bad, and Ugly – December 2001
• New Economic Realities Challenge State Budget Policymaker – November 2001
• Reading, Writing, and Religion – December 2001
• Texas Homeland – August 2003
• Trouble With Fire Ants, The – August 2001
• United States Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of "Megan's Law" – March 2003

Special Reports

• Demographic Factors Affecting Texas – May 1993
• Facts and Factors Impacting Texas – January 1998
• Guide to Occupational Regulation in Texas – September 1995
• Safe Passages: Texas Teens on the Road to Adulthood – January 2001
• School Days and Legal Maze: Constitutional Challenges to Public School Finance in Texas – September 2003
• Texas Gets a Hand: Volunteerism and Other Contributions to Selected State Agencies in Fiscal Year 1992 – September 1993

Other Publications by Subject

Border/Immigration

• Immigrants & Immigration: An Overview of Issues Facing Texas – October 1994

Criminal Justice

• Chronology of Texas Prisons 1980 to 1991 – October 1991
• Chronology of Texas Prisons 1972 to 1994 – October 1994
• Correctional Boot Camps: A Survey of the Literature and Texas Programs – December 1994
• Kids and Crime – Texas Juvenile Arrest and Incarceration Statistics 1983 to 1993 – January 1994
• Sex Offender Laws: Summary of Changes – October 1999
• Texas Crime and Incarceration Statistics 1982-1992 – September 1993
• Texas Prison Construction Process – Report to the Senate Interim Committee on Criminal Justice – February 1992

Economic Development

• Summary of Major Business Legislation, 73rd Texas Legislature – January 1993

Education

• Public School Finance Issues – March 1992
• School District Information by Senate District – August 1993
• Texas School Districts by Senate District – Under the Existing Plan and the Federal Court Plan of December 1991 – April 1992
• The Quest for Diversity Without Racial Preferences: Higher Education After Hopwood – April 1999

Environment / Natural Resources

• Environmental Fact Sheet – Recent Changes in Texas Solid Waste Fees & Federal Solid Waste Regulations (Subtitle D) – October 1991
• Recycle: A Capitol Idea – 1991 Report of the Joint Task Force on Waste Management Policy – January 1991

Ethics

• Senate Guide to Ethics and Disclosure – 80th Legislative Session – February 2007
• A Senate Guide to Ethics and Disclosure – 81st Legislative Session – February 2009
• The Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 82nd Legislative Session – February 2011
• The Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 83rd Legislative Session – March 2013
• The Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 84th Legislative Session – March 2015
• Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 85th Legislative Session – 2017
• Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 86th Legislative Session – January 2019
• The Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 87th Legislative Session – January 2021
• The Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 88th Legislative Session – January 2023
• The Senate Guide to Ethics and Financial Disclosure – 89th Legislative Session – February 2025

Finance

• Summary of House Action on Appropriations Bill – April 1993
• Highlights of the Public Hearings, Senate Finance Committee – Appropriations FY '98-'99 – February 1997
• Survey of the States: Performance Measures – October 1997
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – June 1998
• Highlights of the Public Hearings, Senate Finance Committee – Appropriations FY 2000-2001 – March 1999
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2003
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2005
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2007
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2009
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2011
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2013
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2015
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2017
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2019
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2021
• Budget 101: A Guide to the Budget Process in Texas – January 2023

Legislative

• Congressional Watch List – July 18, 1995
• Constitutional Amendments by Proposition submitted by the 74th Legislature – October 1995
• Constitutional Amendments by Proposition submitted by the 75th Legislature – July 1997
• Constitutional Amendments by Proposition submitted by the 76th Legislature – July 1999
• Constitutional Amendments by Proposition submitted by the 77th Legislature – September 2001
• Constitutional Amendments by Proposition submitted by the 78th Legislature – July 2003
• Effective September 1, 1995 – August 1995
• Effective September 1, 1999 – August 1999
• Effective January 1, 2000 – December 1999
• Effective September 1, 2001 – August 2001
• Interim Digest (A compilation of interim committee action.)
• Interim Digest produced for the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, January 1989
• Interim Digest produced for the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, December 1990
• Interim Digest produced for the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, January 1993
• Interim Digest produced for the 74th Legislature, Regular Session, January 1995
• Interim Digest produced for the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, January 1997
• Interim Digest produced for the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, January 1999
• Interim Digest produced for the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, January 2001
• Interim Digest produced for the 78th Legislature, Regular Session – February 2003
• Interim Digest produced for the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, February 2005
• Issues Facing the 76th Legislature
• Issues Facing the 77th Legislature: A Briefing Report
• Issues Facing the 78th Legislature: A Briefing Report
• Issues Facing the 79th Legislature: A Briefing Report
• Issues Facing the 80th Legislature: A Briefing Report
• Issues Facing the 81st Legislature: A Briefing Report
• Issues Facing the 82nd Legislature: A Briefing Report
• Issues Facing the 83rd Legislature
• Issues Facing the 84th Legislature – January 2015
• Issues Facing the 85th Legislature – January 2017
• Summary of Significant Legislation – 70th Session – 1987
• Summary of Significant Legislation – 71st Session – 1989
• Summary of Significant Legislation – 72nd Session – 1991
• Summary of Significant Legislation – 73rd Session – 1993

Transportation

• Transportation Issues in Texas – Compiled by the Senate Research Center in cooperation with Senate State Affairs Committee Staff – May 1992

Utilities

• Fast Facts – Electric Deregulation in 1997 – September 1997