Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Chuck Hopson
79th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/29/2024

Number of Bills: 51

HB 4 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.

HB 24 Author: Thompson | Allen, Alma | Raymond | Naishtat | Chavez
Coauthor: Goolsby | Hopson
Last Action: 02/17/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 101 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.

HB 120 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.

HB 129 Author: Berman | Orr | Cook, Robby | Blake | McReynolds
Coauthor: Cook, Byron | Gallego | Gonzalez Toureilles | Griggs | Homer | et al.
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority to require a convicted person to perform manual labor for a nonprofit organization or a cemetery maintained by the county.

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 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 318 Author: Hupp | Isett, Carl | Bonnen | Hughes
Coauthor: Denny | Guillen | Hardcastle | Hopson | Martinez Fischer | et al.
Last Action: 03/30/2005 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of certain records maintained by the Department of Public Safety regarding persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 322 Author: Hupp | Gonzalez Toureilles | Isett, Carl | Bonnen | Anderson
Coauthor: Bohac | Cook, Byron | Denny | Homer | Hopson | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to concealed handgun licenses for members and veterans of the United States armed forces, including a member younger than 21 years of age.

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 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 790 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.

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 838 Author: Riddle | Raymond | Goodman
Coauthor: Callegari | Hamilton | Hopson | Jackson, Jim | Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/18/2005 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for certain sexual offenses committed against children.

HB 864 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.

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 896 Author: Farabee | Frost
Coauthor: Denny | Hopson | McReynolds | Smith, Wayne
Last Action: 04/08/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a concealed handgun.

HB 1007 Author: Ritter | Guillen | Menendez | Cook, Byron
Coauthor: Hopson | Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 05/27/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain low-interest home loan programs administered by the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation.

HB 1066 Author: Hegar | Driver | Pena | Homer | Flynn
Coauthor: Anderson | Guillen | Hopson | Laubenberg | McReynolds | et al.
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 05/17/2005 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the issuance of concealed handgun licenses to residents of other states and to reciprocity agreements with other states concerning concealed handgun licenses.

HB 1076 Author: Crabb | Guillen | Anderson | Eissler | Escobar
Coauthor: Denny | Hopson | Leibowitz | Merritt | Miller | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/24/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption: Relating to waiving hunting and fishing license fees for certain military personnel.

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 1170 Author: Miller | Delisi | Hupp | Pickett | Hunter
Coauthor: Anderson | Escobar | Guillen | Hopson | Merritt | et al.
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 06/17/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the award of higher education course credit for the completion of certain military training and to readmission to a public institution of higher education of students who withdraw to perform active military service.

HB 1212 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.

HB 1292 Author: Hilderbran | Villarreal | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Casteel | Goodman | Hopson | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 03/30/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of revenue from the sales tax imposed on sporting goods.

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 1364 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.

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 1929 Author: Woolley | McClendon | Eissler | Hardcastle | Turner
Coauthor: Anchia | Casteel | Chavez | Coleman | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action: 04/11/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of certain human cells and tissue; providing penalties.

HB 2148 Author: Hupp | Seaman | Grusendorf | Flynn | Berman
Coauthor: Chisum | Dukes | Eissler | Farabee | Homer | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to audit practices of pharmacy benefit plans.

HB 2572 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.

HB 2585 Author: Hilderbran | Van Arsdale | Otto | Hope
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Berman | Hopson | Leibowitz | Rose
Last Action: 05/09/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the rates of and billing cycle used by a water and sewer utility.

HB 2752 Author: Keffer, Jim | Farabee | Homer | Hardcastle | Rose
Coauthor: Alonzo | Casteel | Chisum | Cook, Robby | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 04/13/2005 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the reapportionment of congressional districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Congressional Redistricting Commission.

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 2997 Author: Morrison | Truitt | Olivo | Brown, Betty | Casteel
Coauthor: Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | Bohac | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the reporting of abortion; creating an offense.

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.

HB 3269 Author: Blake | McReynolds | Dunnam
Coauthor: Casteel | Hopson | Leibowitz | Rodriguez | Rose | et al.
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the duties of the Texas Historical Commission relating to El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail.

HB 3305 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.

HB 3563 Author: King, Phil | Bailey | Morrison | Luna | Swinford
Coauthor: Hopson | Keffer, Jim
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of anabolic steroids by public school students.

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 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 63 Author: Noriega, Melissa | Herrero
Coauthor: Anchia | Burnam | Cook, Byron | Cook, Robby | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2005 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

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.

HJR 21 Author: Hochberg | Solomons | Flynn
Coauthor: Hopson | Orr
Last Action: 02/14/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing line-of-credit advances under a reverse mortgage.

HJR 44 Author: McReynolds | Escobar | Smith, Wayne | Berman | Corte, Frank
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Anderson | Bailey | Blake | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize an increase in the amount of the ad valorem tax exemptions for veterans who are certified as having certain disability ratings.

HJR 101 Author: Rose | Dukes | Rodriguez | Villarreal | McClendon
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bailey | Burnam | Castro | et al.
Last Action: 03/16/2005 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the right to clean air and water and to enjoy reasonable access to certain natural resources.

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 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 819 Author: Taylor
Coauthor: Hopson
Last Action: 04/07/2005 H Reported enrolled: Apr 7 2005 3:24PM
Caption: Honoring the Friendswood High School girls basketball team and its source of inspiration, Neal McClaugherty, on another successful season.

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