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Texas Legislature Bills Coauthored Rep. David Leibowitz 79th Legislature Regular Session Report Date: 4/19/2024
Number of Bills: 65

HB 23	Author:	Brown, Fred \| Hopson \| Uresti \| Veasey \| Geren
	Coauthor:	Griggs \| Hochberg \| Leibowitz \| McClendon \| Menendez \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/21/2005 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the use of credit scoring in certain lines of personal insurance.

HB 25	Author:	Delisi \| Escobar \| Anderson
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz \| Miller \| Seaman
	Sponsor:	Van de Putte
	Last Action:	05/27/2005 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to admission to and transition assistance within the public school system for school-age dependents of military personnel and other students.

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 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 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 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 259	Author:	Elkins \| Bonnen \| Hughes \| Riddle \| Keffer, Jim
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Bohac \| Branch \| Brown, Fred \| Callegari \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Jackson, Mike
	Last Action:	05/12/2005 S Motion to suspend regular order fails
	Caption:	Relating to the powers of a county, municipality, or local entity with respect to the regulation of traffic on highways under its jurisdiction.

HB 288	Author:	Chavez \| Turner \| Giddings \| Luna \| Dutton
	Coauthor:	Dunnam \| Gonzalez Toureilles \| Guillen \| Leibowitz \| Olivo \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/03/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 292	Author:	McClendon \| Menendez
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz \| Rodriguez
	Last Action:	02/02/2005 H Referred to Public Health
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of a donor education, awareness, and registry program and the establishment of an organ donor and tissue council.

HB 315	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.

HB 376	Author:	Coleman \| Farrar \| Anchia \| Dukes \| Hodge
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Leibowitz \| Moreno, Joe E. \| Naishtat \| Olivo \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/03/2005 H Referred to Public Education
	Caption:	Relating to a prohibition of discrimination by public educational institutions.

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 527	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.

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 661	Author:	Branch \| Flynn \| Bonnen \| Kolkhorst \| Rodriguez
	Coauthor:	Bohac \| Edwards \| Leibowitz \| Veasey
	Sponsor:	Staples
	Last Action:	05/16/2005 S No action taken in committee
	Caption:	Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium.

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 809	Author:	Hilderbran
	Coauthor:	Allen, Alma \| Denny \| Jackson, Jim \| Leibowitz \| Merritt \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Staples
	Last Action:	06/18/2005 E Effective on 1/1/06
	Caption:	Relating to excepting certain motor vehicles owned by an individual and used for the production of income from required rendition for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 816	Author:	Burnam \| Herrero \| Escobar \| Thompson \| Dukes
	Coauthor:	Allen, Alma \| Alonzo \| Bailey \| Chavez \| Coleman \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/01/2005 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the minimum wage.

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 941	Author:	Geren \| Rose \| Menendez
	Coauthor:	Dawson \| Farrar \| Homer \| Leibowitz \| Martinez, "Mando" \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Eltife
	Last Action:	06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
	Caption:	Relating to restrictions on the use of claims history for certain water damage.

HB 984	Author:	Reyna \| Guillen \| McReynolds \| Chavez \| Hochberg
	Coauthor:	Gonzalez Toureilles \| Leibowitz \| Pena
	Sponsor:	Duncan
	Last Action:	06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the care of elementary and secondary school students with diabetes.

HB 995	Author:	Vo \| Anderson
	Coauthor:	Anchia \| Leibowitz \| Strama
	Last Action:	04/25/2005 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the operation of pocket bikes and minimotorbikes; providing penalties.

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 1104	Author:	Villarreal \| Strama
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz
	Last Action:	04/14/2005 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to limits on political contributions and direct campaign expenditures by individuals; providing civil and criminal penalties.

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 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 1498	Author:	Herrero
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz \| Quintanilla
	Last Action:	04/25/2005 H No action taken in committee
	Caption:	Relating to an offense of using certain portable electronic equipment in the front seat of a motor vehicle.

HB 1546	Author:	McClendon \| Krusee \| Herrero \| Hamric \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz \| Pena
	Sponsor:	Staples
	Last Action:	06/18/2005 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
	Caption:	Relating to the administration and use of the Texas rail relocation and improvement fund and the issuance of obligations for financing the relocation, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, improvement, rehabilitation, and expansion of certain rail facilities.

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 1624	Author:	Goolsby \| Giddings \| Driver \| Harper-Brown \| Jackson, Jim
	Coauthor:	Allen, Ray \| Anchia \| Blake \| Branch \| Crownover \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/12/2005 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.

HB 1765	Author:	Morrison \| Ritter \| Kolkhorst \| Deshotel \| McCall
	Coauthor:	Anchia \| Branch \| Grusendorf \| Leibowitz \| Pena \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Shapiro
	Last Action:	06/14/2005 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of programs and funding for emerging technology industries.

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 1784	Author:	Coleman
	Coauthor:	Burnam \| Leibowitz
	Last Action:	04/21/2005 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to health benefit plan coverage for an enrollee with certain mental disorders.

HB 1785	Author:	Coleman
	Coauthor:	Burnam \| Leibowitz \| Olivo \| Rodriguez
	Last Action:	04/21/2005 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain physical injuries that are self-inflicted by a minor.

HB 1786	Author:	Coleman
	Coauthor:	Burnam \| Leibowitz \| Olivo \| Rodriguez
	Last Action:	04/21/2005 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to coverage of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa as serious mental illnesses under certain group health benefit plans.

HB 1828	Author:	Wong
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz
	Last Action:	05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to requiring sex offenders released on parole or mandatory supervision to maintain a certain distance from any premises where children frequently gather.

HB 1968	Author:	Rose \| Naishtat \| Morrison \| Harper-Brown \| Gallego
	Coauthor:	Brown, Fred \| Dawson \| Escobar \| Giddings \| Goolsby \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to student representation on the board of regents of each state university or state university system.

HB 2031	Author:	Hilderbran
	Coauthor:	Leibowitz
	Last Action:	04/25/2005 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the regulatory authority of groundwater conservation districts.

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 2413	Author:	Allen, Alma
	Coauthor:	Anchia \| Chavez \| Escobar \| Farrar \| Gonzales \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.

HB 2463	Author:	Villarreal \| Menendez \| Flores \| Corte, Frank
	Coauthor:	Gonzales \| Guillen \| Leibowitz \| Martinez, "Mando" \| Martinez Fischer \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Janek
	Last Action:	06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of a Medicaid health literacy pilot program and health care funding districts in certain counties and authorizing the districts to impose taxes on certain institutional health care providers located in the districts.

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 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 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 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 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 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 3017	Author:	Orr \| Hegar \| Anderson
	Coauthor:	Baxter \| Blake \| Campbell \| Cook, Robby \| Escobar \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/25/2005 S Referred to State Affairs
	Caption:	Relating to the procedure for initiating and the award of certain costs in eminent domain proceedings.

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.

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 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 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 693	Author:	Alonzo \| Goolsby \| Hodge \| Escobar \| Gallego
	Coauthor:	Anchia \| Hunter \| Jones, Delwin \| Leibowitz \| Luna \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/14/2005 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2005 12:05PM
	Caption:	Honoring Representative Irma Rangel and the Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School in Dallas.

HR 908	Author:	Puente
	Coauthor:	Castro \| Corte, Frank \| Leibowitz \| Martinez Fischer \| McClendon \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/30/2005 H Reported enrolled: Mar 30 2005 8:05AM
	Caption:	Recognizing March 29, 2005, as VIVA SAN ANTONIO DAY at the State Capitol.

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