Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 45
Author:
Eissler | Hochberg | Keffer | Dutton | Raymond
Coauthor:
Bohac | Bolton | Button | Cohen | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.
Author:
Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Bohac | Harless
Coauthor:
Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.
Author:
Woolley
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Laubenberg | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Land & Resource Management
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.
Author:
King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
Author:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Author:
Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.
Author:
Guillen | Anchia | Burnam | Edwards | Parker
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bonnen | Dukes | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund in certain business entities doing business in Sudan.
Author:
Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego
Coauthor:
Bolton | Bonnen | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized adjustment under the public school finance system.
Author:
Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.
Author:
Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents.
Author:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain organizations engaged primarily in performing charitable functions.
Author:
Frost | Farabee | Lucio III | McReynolds | Driver
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.
Author:
Christian | Gattis | Miller, Sid | Anderson | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.
Author:
Isett | Rios Ybarra | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Madden | Parker | Paxton
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of freestanding emergency medical care facilities; providing an administrative penalty; creating an offense.
Author:
Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Button | Driver | Hardcastle | Gonzalez Toureilles | Rios Ybarra
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Crabb | Kent | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of health-related pest control by the Department of Agriculture.
Author:
Laubenberg | Christian
Coauthor:
Flynn | Paxton
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the use of funds awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Author:
Maldonado | Olivo | Martinez, "Mando" | Farias | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Cohen | Deshotel | Gattis | Jones | et al.
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to enhance and upgrade sports facilities, coliseums, and multiuse facilities in certain municipalities.
Author:
Driver | McReynolds | Kolkhorst | Ortiz, Jr. | Merritt
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.
Author:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions.
Author:
England | Taylor | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/07/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a franchise tax exclusion for contractual flow-through funds paid to certain performing artists.
Author:
Callegari | Leibowitz | Gonzalez Toureilles | Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Davis, John | Gutierrez | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the landowner's bill of rights.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Chisum | Rios Ybarra | Christian
Coauthor:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/08/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the School of Ethics, Western Civilization, and American Traditions at The University of Texas at Austin.
Author:
King, Phil | Flynn | Berman
Coauthor:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the abolition of school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Callegari
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Hughes | Paxton
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues.
Author:
Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
Anderson
Coauthor:
Berman | Chisum | Christian | Otto | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to election through secret ballot of a labor union as the exclusive bargaining representative.
Author:
Morrison | Cook | Harless | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to informed and voluntary consent for an abortion and the collection and reporting of information related to the performance of an abortion; providing penalties.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.
Author:
Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the promotion of toll projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Author:
Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Betty | Laubenberg | Paxton
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Caption:
Declaring February 6, 2009, as Ronald Reagan Day.
Author:
Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/31/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
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 U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Isett | Berman
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Crownover | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation.
Author:
Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.
Author:
Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
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.
Author:
King, Phil | Flynn | Berman
Coauthor:
Paxton
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes.
Author:
Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches.
Author:
Harless | Laubenberg | Branch
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.
Author:
Kent
Coauthor:
Allen | Anderson | Bolton | Cook | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
02/20/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 20 2009 8:10AM
Caption:
Welcoming a delegation from Baylor University to the State Capitol on February 19, 2009.
Author:
Riddle | Kent | Anderson
Coauthor:
Bolton | Davis, John | Dunnam | Eiland | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption:
In memory of Brendon Chase Mooney of Spring.