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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Betty Brown
79th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/13/2026

Number of Bills: 36

Author:
Grusendorf | Delisi | Eissler | Edwards | Flores
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
05/24/2005 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the use of technology by public schools.
Author:
Hopson | Farabee | Hughes | Menendez
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bailey | Blake | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
01/27/2005 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to health coverage or compensation supplementation for certain education employees.
Author:
Seaman | Dawson | Thompson | Solis | Chavez
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
01/31/2005 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to funding for public school career and technology programs.
Author:
Dawson | Edwards | Davis, John | Anderson | Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bonnen | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a donor education, awareness, and registry program, the establishment of an organ donor and tissue council, and anatomical gift donation.
Author:
Truitt | Branch | Pena | Harper-Brown | Alonzo
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
04/05/2005 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
Author:
Berman | Flynn | Phillips | Madden | Driver
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Cook, Byron | Farabee | Harper-Brown | Jones, Delwin | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2005 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the civil and criminal consequences of engaging in conduct related to the manufacture of methamphetamine and to the distribution and retail sales of certain chemical substances.
Author:
Escobar | Laney | Reyna | Pena
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
02/01/2005 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to appropriations to The Texas A&M University System and to Texas A&M University--Kingsville in connection with the Irma Rangel School of Pharmacy.
Author:
Mowery | Wong | Truitt
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Cook, Byron | Denny | Eissler | Jones, Delwin | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the appeal of certain ad valorem tax determinations through binding arbitration.
Author:
Driver | Keel | Hupp | Rose | Hegar
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bailey | Baxter | Berman | Blake | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the issuance and expiration of certain licenses to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Olivo | Crownover | Kolkhorst | Riddle | Flynn
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Hegar | Howard, Charlie | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to criteria for voluntary admission to state schools for persons with mental retardation.
Author:
Davis, John | Uresti | Eissler | Farabee
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to local delivery of aging, disability, behavioral health, and mental retardation services.
Author:
Bohac | Herrero | Luna | Gonzalez Toureilles | Edwards
Coauthor:
Blake | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the punishment of certain assaults committed against employees of primary and secondary schools.
Author:
Bohac | Pena | Hopson | Gonzalez Toureilles | Denny
Coauthor:
Blake | Branch | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for school supplies and other instructional material.
Author:
Jones, Jesse | Anchia | Herrero
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to publicizing a list of voters' rights.
Author:
Crownover | Luna | Eissler | Zedler | Dukes
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the conduct of newborn screening by the Department of State Health Services.
Author:
Keel | Pena | Gonzalez Toureilles | Eissler | Hupp
Coauthor:
Anderson | Baxter | Brown, Betty | Campbell | Casteel | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/16/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the offense of unlawful carrying of weapons to certain persons and to the consequence of certain presumptions in the prosecution of a criminal offense.
Author:
King, Phil | Hill | Hegar | Goolsby
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/11/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the cloning of human beings; providing penalties.
Author:
Hodge | Branch | Chavez | Anchia | Pena
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anderson | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to produce samples at municipally owned farmers' markets.
Author:
Cook, Byron | Hupp | Pena | Chisum | Giddings
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Blake | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of a privacy policy by a person who requires the disclosure of an individual's social security number; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
King, Phil | Bonnen | Swinford | Allen, Ray | Escobar
Coauthor:
Anderson | Baxter | Berman | Blake | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2005 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to abortion and parental consent to an abortion; providing penalties.
Author:
Mowery | Hupp | Hardcastle | McReynolds | Geren
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2005 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons.
Author:
Flores
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Homer
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
05/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of certain investigators by the Texas Private Security Board.
Author:
Denny | Pitts | Woolley | Nixon | Bohac
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Chisum | Crownover | Harper-Brown | Hegar | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2005 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Delisi | Hill | McReynolds | Coleman | Truitt
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid managed care delivery system.
Author:
Laubenberg | Riddle | Corte, Frank | Anderson
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
03/14/2005 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the right of health care facilities, health insurers, and health care providers to object to providing or participating in the provision of certain procedures.
Author:
Otto
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Cook, Byron
Last Action:
05/13/2005 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of rent-to-own property not held by the lessee primarily to produce income and to the method to be used to depreciate taxable rent-to-own property for tax appraisal purposes.
Author:
Truitt | Isett, Carl | McReynolds | Miller | Coleman
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | Campbell | Delisi | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the functions of local mental health and mental retardation authorities.
Author:
Frost | Rose | Martinez Fischer | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Blake | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to civil liability for provision of alcohol to a minor.
Author:
Riddle | Goolsby | Gallego | Escobar | Uresti
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to benefits for certain members of the United States armed forces and the Texas National Guard and their survivors.
Author:
Isett, Carl | Hegar | Bonnen | Swinford | Homer
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
04/13/2005 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to coercing a woman to have an abortion and parental notification of abortion; creating offenses.
Author:
Smith, Wayne | Escobar | Berman | Goodman | Zedler
Coauthor:
Anderson | Branch | Brown, Betty | Campbell | Castro | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/20/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Giving legislative authorization to a Vietnam War monument for the Capitol grounds, subject to state law and rules of the State Preservation Board.
Author:
Grusendorf | Hughes | Bohac | Smithee | Paxton
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anderson | Baxter | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Brimer
Last Action:
05/28/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of President Ronald Wilson Reagan.
Author:
Flynn | Eissler | Bailey | Keel
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action:
05/12/2005 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Requesting the speaker and lieutenant governor to create a joint interim committee to study the issue of steroid use in Texas public schools.
Author:
Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Last Action:
05/25/2005 S Received from the House
Caption:
Encouraging the board of regents of Texas Southern University to name a building, an outdoor plaza, or an interior space of honor on the campus after the Honorable Joe E. Moreno.
Author:
Chisum | Hartnett | Hopson | Howard, Charlie | McReynolds
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Staples
Last Action:
05/25/2005 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman.
Author:
Raymond
Coauthor:
Blake | Branch | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
03/30/2005 H Referred to House Administration
Caption:
Amending the Housekeeping Resolution to provide for display of the motto "In God We Trust" in the House chamber.
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