Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Abel Herrero
79th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/28/2024

Number of Bills: 48

HB 52 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.

HB 67 Author: McClendon | Goolsby | Menendez | Chavez | Casteel
Coauthor: Anchia | Burnam | Gonzalez Toureilles | Griggs | Hardcastle | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/09/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to designating August 26 as Women's Independence Day.

HB 157 Author: Cook, Byron | Pena | Paxton | Branch
Coauthor: Blake | Davis, John | Eissler | Flynn | Griggs | et al.
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to the conditions of community supervision for certain persons convicted of an intoxication offense.

HB 180 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.

HB 211 Author: Guillen | Noriega, Melissa | Martinez, "Mando" | Leibowitz | Alonzo
Coauthor: Herrero | Menendez | Raymond
Last Action: 05/16/2005 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the effect that certain orders relating to family violence and certain decisions regarding military service have on residential leases.

HB 225 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.

HB 304 Author: Talton | Bailey | Reyna | Pena | Hughes
Coauthor: Anchia | Chavez | Herrero | Hopson | Menendez | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to conditions of employment for police officers employed by certain municipalities.

HB 391 Author: Smith, Todd | Baxter | Merritt | Brown, Betty | Oliveira
Coauthor: Anchia | Bailey | Berman | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to computer-assisted hunting from remote locations; providing penalties.

HB 444 Author: Leibowitz | Escobar | Bohac
Coauthor: Anchia | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the proximity of a school bus stop to the residence of a sex offender or sexually violent predator.

HB 528 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.

HB 548 Author: Delisi | Homer | Farabee | Corte, Frank | Seaman
Coauthor: Berman | Escobar | Herrero | Leibowitz | McClendon | et al.
Last Action: 04/04/2005 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a project of a development corporation in connection with a military base or facility.

HB 685 Author: Rose | Berman | Guillen
Coauthor: Anderson | Branch | Herrero | McReynolds | Merritt | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/24/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to the requirements that apply to certain armed forces personnel who apply to obtain or renew a concealed handgun license.

HB 692 Author: Menendez | Riddle | Hupp | Dukes | Vo
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Baxter | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2005 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment for and certain civil consequences of committing the offense of prostitution.

HB 823 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.

HB 836 Author: Gattis | Hopson
Coauthor: Herrero
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to certain requirements concerning the filling of a prescription.

HB 894 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.

HB 920 Author: Uresti | Hupp | Reyna | Solis | Naishtat
Coauthor: Chavez | Herrero | Leibowitz | Noriega, Melissa
Last Action: 05/03/2005 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to protective and guardianship services for elderly and disabled persons.

HB 977 Author: Leibowitz | Escobar | Bohac
Coauthor: Anchia | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the proximity of the residences of certain sex offenders or sexually violent predators to schools; imposing a criminal penalty.

HB 1130 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.

HB 1156 Author: Anchia | Rodriguez | Strama
Coauthor: Gonzales | Herrero | Leibowitz | Veasey | Vo
Last Action: 02/17/2005 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the rate of the motor vehicle sales and use tax imposed on certain new hybrid motor vehicles.

HB 1347 Author: Isett, Carl
Coauthor: Herrero
Last Action: 04/21/2005 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with a traffic-control signal on a highway under its jurisdiction by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.

HB 1348 Author: Eiland | Smith, Todd | Anchia
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2005 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to political contributions and expenditures; providing civil and criminal penalties.

HB 1612 Author: Olivo
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Casteel | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to promotion of students to certain grade levels in public school.

HB 1613 Author: Olivo
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the requirements for a high school diploma.

HB 1655 Author: Keffer, Jim | McReynolds | Bonnen | Dawson | Blake
Coauthor: Berman | Cook, Byron | Cook, Robby | Flynn | Gallego | et al.
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 05/24/2005 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to funding for the Texas statewide emergency services personnel retirement fund.

HB 1771 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.

HB 2228 Author: McCall | Hegar | Woolley | Eiland | Keel
Coauthor: Branch | Cook, Byron | Gallego | Herrero | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of online sexual solicitation of a minor.

HB 2329 Author: Morrison
Coauthor: Herrero
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 05/28/2005 S Conference committee report filed
Caption: Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds or other obligations to fund capital projects at public institutions of higher education.

HB 2487 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Rose
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bailey | Castro | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action: 04/27/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an election contest.

HB 2518 Author: Coleman
Coauthor: Herrero | Noriega, Melissa
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a mental health court program.

HB 2578 Author: Rodriguez | Thompson
Coauthor: Anchia | Escobar | Farrar | Gonzales | Herrero | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to providing the national free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch program to a greater number of public school students.

HB 2696 Author: Anchia | Hartnett | Jackson, Jim | Vo
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Branch | Burnam | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor: West, Royce
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy and massage establishments and certain services related to massage; providing penalties.

HB 2868 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.

HB 2928 Author: Kolkhorst | Cook, Byron | Chisum | McReynolds
Coauthor: Blake | Herrero | Orr
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to projects that may be undertaken by certain development corporations with respect to business enterprises or business development.

HB 2969 Author: Menendez
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Burnam | Campbell | Coleman | et al.
Last Action: 04/27/2005 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the disclosure of certain information from an early voting roster.

HB 3224 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.

HCR 7 Author: Cook, Robby | Chisum | McReynolds | Hardcastle | Casteel
Coauthor: Alonzo | Berman | Eissler | Escobar | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 05/26/2005 S Received from the House
Caption: Memorializing Congress to preserve the community development block grant program and its funding at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

HCR 13 Author: Chavez | Oliveira | Turner | Luna | Castro
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Dukes | et al.
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 05/27/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Memorializing Congress to allow Mexican visitors the same six-month length of stay afforded to Canadian travelers.

HCR 16 Author: Merritt
Coauthor: Bonnen | Callegari | Campbell | Casteel | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 01/06/2005 H Filed
Caption: Directing the legislative staff responsible for maintaining the Internet website for the Texas Legislature to provide improved public access to information on votes taken on legislation.

HCR 22 Author: Merritt | Branch | Luna | Hilderbran | Rose
Coauthor: Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Baxter | et al.
Last Action: 01/13/2005 S Received from the House
Caption: Directing the legislative staff responsible for maintaining the Internet website for the Texas Legislature to provide improved public access to information on votes taken on legislation.

HCR 36 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.

HCR 48 Author: Rodriguez | Davis, John
Coauthor: Griggs | Herrero | Solis
Last Action: 05/09/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance.

HCR 54 Author: Raymond
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Burnam | et al.
Last Action: 02/17/2005 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Memorializing the United States Congress not to privatize the social security program.

HCR 208 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.

HR 5 Author: Keel | Hamric | McClendon | Luna | Dutton
Coauthor: Allen, Ray | Berman | Blake | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Last Action: 01/14/2005 H Reported enrolled: Jan 14 2005 8:52AM
Caption: House Rules of Procedure for the 79th Legislature.

HR 72 Author: Luna
Coauthor: Brown, Fred | Herrero | Seaman
Last Action: 01/26/2005 H Reported enrolled: Jan 26 2005 8:30AM
Caption: Commemorating the 2005 annual conference of the Catholic Health Association of Texas.

HR 516 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.

HR 1569 Author: Dunnam | Coleman | Anchia | Gallego
Coauthor: Alonzo | Davis, Yvonne | Escobar | Frost | Geren | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2005 H Reported enrolled: May 9 2005 5:25PM
Caption: Convening the Texas House of Representatives in a memorial session honoring Representative Joseph E. Moreno on May 11, 2005.

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