| HB 2 | Author: | Otto |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Berman | Bohac | Crabb | Elkins | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the appraisal of property, including residence homesteads, for ad valorem tax purposes. |
| HB 4 | Author: | Orr | Pitts | Callegari | Veasey | Pickett |
| Coauthor: | Berman | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Crabb | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain. |
| HB 36 | 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. |
| HB 51 | Author: | Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Zaffirini | |
| Last Action: | 06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education. |
| HB 52 | Author: | Branch | Cohen | Patrick | Crabb |
| Coauthor: | Bohac | Button | Crownover | Davis, John | Flynn | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions. |
| HB 109 | Author: | Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando" |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund. |
| HB 123 | Author: | Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John |
| Coauthor: | Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/23/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance. |
| HB 124 | Author: | Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John |
| Coauthor: | Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
| Caption: | Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children. |
| HB 127 | Author: | Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett |
| Coauthor: | Brown, Betty | Button | Crabb | Elkins | Flynn | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| HB 206 | Author: | Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce | |
| Caption: | Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty. |
| HB 209 | 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. |
| HB 267 | 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. |
| HB 410 | 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. |
| HB 417 | 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. |
| HB 469 | 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. |
| HB 644 | 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. |
| HB 720 | Author: | Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax. |
| HB 830 | Author: | Christian | Berman |
| Coauthor: | Flynn | King, Phil | |
| Last Action: | 04/23/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to drug testing of certain persons seeking or receiving financial assistance benefits. |
| HB 831 | 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. |
| HB 870 | Author: | Hughes | Frost | Merritt | Homer | Hopson |
| Coauthor: | Christian | Flynn | |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
| Caption: | Relating to transition to competition in the Southwestern Electric Power Company service area. |
| HB 994 | Author: | Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations | |
| Caption: | Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues. |
| HB 1037 | Author: | Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt |
| Coauthor: | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired. |
| HB 1047 | Author: | Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips |
| Coauthor: | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund. |
| HB 1116 | Author: | Button | Jackson, Jim |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug | |
| Last Action: | 02/25/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to tax incentives for certain businesses for job creation and retention. |
| HB 1176 | 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. |
| HB 1192 | Author: | Hancock |
| Coauthor: | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Parker | |
| Last Action: | 02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to a pilot project in certain school districts exempting those districts from state requirements, restrictions, and prohibitions. |
| HB 1193 | Author: | Hancock |
| Coauthor: | Davis, John | Flynn | |
| Sponsor: | Duncan | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to ballot certification of a political party presidential candidate. |
| HB 1198 | Author: | Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr. |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program. |
| HB 1301 | 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. |
| HB 1483 | 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. |
| HB 1555 | Author: | Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira |
| Coauthor: | Berman | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Farabee | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to public school finance. |
| HB 1700 | 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. |
| HB 1801 | Author: | Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira |
| Coauthor: | Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Shapiro | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
| Caption: | Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. |
| HB 1893 | 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. |
| HB 2020 | Author: | Weber | Guillen |
| Coauthor: | Button | Flynn | |
| Sponsor: | Jackson, Mike | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to parking privileges for veterans with disabilities. |
| HB 2083 | Author: | Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch |
| Coauthor: | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Zaffirini | |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program. |
| HB 2110 | 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. |
| HB 2639 | Author: | Isett |
| Coauthor: | Callegari | Flynn | Gutierrez | Hughes | Legler | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway or street under its jurisdiction by an automated traffic control system. |
| HB 2743 | Author: | Paxton | Hughes |
| Coauthor: | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Creighton | Crownover | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the availability of certain county financial information on certain counties' Internet websites. |
| HB 2812 | Author: | Swinford |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Berman | Button | Callegari | Crownover | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions. |
| HB 3237 | Author: | Callegari | Fletcher | Anderson |
| Coauthor: | Flynn | |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the franchise tax. |
| HB 3325 | 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. |
| HB 3388 | Author: | Davis, John |
| Coauthor: | Flynn | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Referred to Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment programs by certain persons. |
| HB 3452 | Author: | Gattis | Isett | Veasey | Truitt | Lucio III |
| Coauthor: | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Edwards | Eissler | Flynn | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Ogden | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship. |
| HB 3611 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Hilderbran | Heflin | Kolkhorst |
| Coauthor: | Aycock | Button | Callegari | Flynn | Harless | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards. |
| HB 3612 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt |
| Coauthor: | Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. |
| HB 3613 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and 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. |
| HB 3769 | Author: | Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties. |
| HB 3796 | 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. |
| HB 3820 | Author: | Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Chisum | Cook | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General. |
| HB 4009 | Author: | Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking. |
| HB 4014 | Author: | Weber |
| Coauthor: | Callegari | Christian | Flynn | Harless | Hughes | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing school district employees to make charitable contributions. |
| HB 4224 | Author: | Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown |
| Coauthor: | Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the teaching of science in public schools. |
| HB 4288 | Author: | Hunter | Shelton |
| Coauthor: | Flynn | |
| Last Action: | 04/24/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
| Caption: | Relating to health care coverage for children in Title IV-D cases. |
| HB 4294 | Author: | Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock |
| Coauthor: | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Shapiro | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools. |
| HCR 50 | 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. |
| HCR 64 | 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. |
| HJR 21 | Author: | Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett |
| Coauthor: | Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Parker | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation. |
| HJR 29 | Author: | Elkins |
| Coauthor: | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Wentworth | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session. |
| HJR 42 | Author: | Zerwas |
| Coauthor: | Crabb | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year. |
| HJR 84 | Author: | Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate. |
| HR 454 | 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. |