Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Raul Torres
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/20/2024

Number of Bills: 68

HB 5 Author: Kolkhorst | Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Bonnen
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/24/2011 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the Interstate Health Care Compact.

HB 7 Author: Thompson | Jackson, Jim | Madden | Harless | Menendez
Coauthor: Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of those offenses.

HB 8 Author: Darby | Geren | Anderson, Rodney | Pitts | Menendez
Coauthor: Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Bohac | Brown | et al.
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties.

HB 11 Author: Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano
Coauthor: Aliseda | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.

HB 15 Author: Miller, Sid | Callegari | Harless | Kolkhorst | Patrick, Diane
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

HB 32 Author: Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Hancock | Shelton
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Returned to committee
Caption: Relating to required individual health insurance coverage.

HB 174 Author: Jackson, Jim | Burkett | Branch | Bohac | Patrick, Diane
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Button | Carter | Christian | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the cancellation of the voter registration and to the eligibility to vote of persons who are deceased or not citizens of the United States.

HB 201 Author: Morrison | Fletcher | Harless | Weber | Cook
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 02/23/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

HB 238 Author: Phillips | Schwertner
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

HB 239 Author: Parker | Murphy | Shelton | Flynn | Harless
Coauthor: Bohac | Laubenberg | Legler | Torres | Zedler
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the offense of paying or receiving certain forms of compensation for facilitating the registration of voters; providing criminal penalties.

HB 246 Author: Johnson | Sheffield | Farrar | Crownover | Lucio III
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bonnen | Burkett | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for service retirement annuities of certain elected officials convicted of certain crimes.

HB 272 Author: Smithee | Chisum | Hancock | Margo | Sheets
Coauthor: Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Burkett | Carter | Crownover | et al.
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 05/27/2011 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to the operation of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association and to the resolution of certain disputes concerning claims made to that association; providing penalties.

HB 274 Author: Creighton | Aliseda | Kleinschmidt | Jackson, Jim | Sheets
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 05/30/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the reform of certain remedies and procedures in civil actions and family law matters.

HB 300 Author: Kolkhorst | Naishtat
Coauthor: Flynn | Laubenberg | Legler | Murphy | Smith, Todd | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the privacy of protected health information; providing administrative, civil, and criminal penalties.

HB 335 Author: Shelton | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Zerwas | Creighton
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Bohac | Button | Carter | et al.
Sponsor: Birdwell
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to implementation and requirements of certain health care reform laws.

HB 400 Author: Eissler | Aycock | Crownover | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Garza
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Branch | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to flexibility for public schools to administer primary and secondary education efficiently.

HB 472 Author: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | Carter | Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Beck | Berman | Brown | Cook | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.

HB 476 Author: King, Phil
Coauthor: Berman | Bohac | Christian | Frullo | Gooden | et al.
Last Action: 02/17/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the retention of the $1 million total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

HB 500 Author: Eissler | Aycock | Guillen | Shelton
Coauthor: Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 05/17/2011 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.

HB 506 Author: Callegari | Zerwas | Carter
Coauthor: Aliseda | Cain | Harper-Brown | Hughes | Isaac | et al.
Last Action: 04/12/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.

HB 655 Author: Taylor, Van | Kolkhorst | Schwertner
Coauthor: Geren | King, Phil | King, Susan | Landtroop | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Companion considered in lieu of
Caption: Relating to determining eligibility for indigent health care.

HB 670 Author: Crownover | Zerwas | Pitts | Otto | Alvarado
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

HB 681 Author: Kleinschmidt | Hardcastle | Guillen | Fletcher | Geren
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
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 698 Author: Huberty | Eissler | Driver | Creighton | Geren
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action: 05/06/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting.

HB 750 Author: Driver | Miller, Sid | Hancock | Zerwas
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on certain premises of or locations associated with schools or institutions of higher education.

HB 816 Author: Hunter | Callegari | Hughes | Button | Phillips
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Burkett | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to coverage provided by certain qualified health plans for abortions.

HB 1001 Author: Morrison
Coauthor: Torres
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the appropriation of certain unclaimed money.

HB 1013 Author: Brown | Callegari | Creighton | Davis, John
Coauthor: Aliseda | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | et al.
Last Action: 05/17/2011 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board and the regulation of certain persons licensed by the board.

HB 1070 Author: Scott
Coauthor: Aliseda | Torres
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the taking of a defendant's bail bond by county jailers.

HB 1087 Author: Workman
Coauthor: Gonzales, Larry | Torres
Last Action: 02/28/2011 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.

HB 1122 Author: Weber | Gallego | Creighton | Martinez Fischer | Thompson
Coauthor: Carter | Geren | Harless | Pena | Taylor, Larry | et al.
Last Action: 05/16/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the trafficking of persons.

HB 1766 Author: Crownover | Truitt | Zerwas | Anchia | Taylor, Larry
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Bohac | Button | Christian | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 05/19/2011 S Left pending in committee
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 1781 Author: Price | Harper-Brown | Callegari | Frullo | Thompson
Coauthor: Torres
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to obsolete or redundant reporting requirements applicable to state agencies and to certain reports, communications, publications, and other documents involving the attorney general.

HB 1873 Author: Giddings
Coauthor: Torres
Last Action: 05/04/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to business entities and associations.

HB 1886 Author: Morrison
Coauthor: Torres
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 05/13/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to unclaimed property.

HB 1910 Author: Veasey | Bonnen | Lewis | Keffer
Coauthor: Gallego | Gonzales, Veronica | Harper-Brown | Mallory Caraway | Pickett | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring the Legislative Budget Board to disclose proposed discontinuation of funding for public institutions.

HB 1937 Author: Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression by the intrusive touching of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation; providing penalties.

HB 1983 Author: Kolkhorst | Walle
Coauthor: Torres
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to certain childbirths occurring before the 39th week of gestation.

HB 2038 Author: Price | Shelton | Mallory Caraway | Schwertner | Guillen
Coauthor: Alvarado | Aycock | Burkett | Coleman | Gonzales, Veronica | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to prevention, treatment, and oversight of concussions affecting public school students participating in interscholastic athletics.

HB 2120 Author: Miller, Doug | Button | McClendon | Chisum
Coauthor: Burkett | Christian | Creighton | Flynn | Gooden | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 2233 Author: Huberty | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Elkins | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2011 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to certain contracts entered into by school districts for another entity to provide food services at one or more district schools.

HB 2237 Author: Lyne
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 05/20/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the taxation and titling of certain off-road vehicles.

HB 2322 Author: Garza | Riddle | Weber | Pena | Turner
Coauthor: Aliseda | Beck | Gonzales, Larry | Lozano | Torres | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities.

HB 2449 Author: Aliseda | Pena | Gonzales, Larry
Coauthor: Laubenberg | Morrison | Murphy | Smith, Todd | Torres | et al.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the procedures for voting ballots by mail.

HB 2595 Author: Isaac
Coauthor: Carter | Landtroop | Perry | Torres
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/21/2011 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 21 2011 5:02PM
Caption: Relating to the electronic submission and recording of documents associated with voting by mail.

HB 2646 Author: Orr | Aycock | Hochberg | Pitts | Otto
Coauthor: Allen | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to distribution by the School Land Board of revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund.

HB 2653 Author: Taylor, Van | Otto
Coauthor: Legler | Miller, Sid | Torres
Last Action: 03/16/2011 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption: Relating to the contractual revocation of pension benefits of certain public employees convicted of an offense.

HB 2975 Author: Hunter | Naishtat | Parker | Brown
Coauthor: Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Torres | Zedler
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to continuing education for physicians and nurses regarding the treatment of tick-borne diseases.

HB 2976 Author: Hunter | Raymond | Weber | Martinez Fischer
Coauthor: Torres
Last Action: 05/04/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the recording of proceedings and the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of a child in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship; creating an offense.

HB 3542 Author: Gonzales, Larry | Huberty | McClendon | Strama | Veasey
Coauthor: Bohac | Burkett | Carter | Christian | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to a supplemental payment for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and the unfunded actuarial liabilities allowed under that system.

HB 3610 Author: Thompson | Harless | Reynolds | Chisum | Miller, Doug
Coauthor: Coleman | Elkins | Gallego | Hamilton | Huberty | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to periodic rate adjustments by electric utilities.

HCR 50 Author: Creighton | Taylor, Larry | Gonzales, Larry | Bonnen | Hilderbran
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming 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 from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

HCR 60 Author: Burkett | Flynn | Brown | Paxton
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the Parental Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

HCR 66 Author: Hancock
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/20/2011 S Received from the House
Caption: Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources.

HCR 81 Author: Isaac
Coauthor: Aliseda | Landtroop | Lavender | Simpson | Torres
Last Action: 05/18/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Expressing opposition to federal regulation of hazardous waste, water, and clean air and of the production, exploration, drilling, development, operation, transportation, and processing of oil, natural gas, petroleum, and petroleum products in the State of Texas.

HCR 94 Author: Flynn | Keffer | Creighton | Chisum
Coauthor: Christian | Hughes | King, Phil | Legler | Torres | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2011 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Urging Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

HCR 110 Author: Workman
Coauthor: Aliseda | Burkett | Cain | Carter | Elkins | et al.
Last Action: 04/06/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select
Caption: Urging the president of the United States to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.

HCR 126 Author: Thompson | Geren
Coauthor: Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of the Honorable Edmund Kuempel of Seguin.

HCR 158 Author: Hartnett | Sheets | Aliseda | Riddle | Anchia
Coauthor: Allen | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action: 05/23/2011 S Received from the House
Caption: Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service.

HJR 18 Author: Branch
Coauthor: Bohac | Button | Gooden | Harper-Brown | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 02/21/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

HJR 27 Author: Legler | Laubenberg
Coauthor: Landtroop | Miller, Sid | Torres
Last Action: 03/17/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain payment for health care services and prohibiting requiring participation in a health care system.

HJR 48 Author: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | McClendon | Carter | Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Aliseda | Beck | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2011 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran in an amount equal to the amount of the residence homestead exemption to which the disabled veteran was entitled on the same property.

HJR 51 Author: Christian | Howard, Charlie | King, Phil | Cain | Flynn
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 02/21/2011 H Referred to State Sovereignty, Select
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the rights of individuals to choose or decline to choose to purchase health insurance coverage.

HJR 56 Author: Solomons | Callegari | King, Susan | Kolkhorst | Truitt
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.

HJR 70 Author: Paxton | Hughes | Weber | Aliseda | Flynn
Coauthor: Berman | Cain | Carter | Chisum | Christian | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the maximum rate of growth of appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus general revenues to fund the state's rainy day fund and a public school property tax relief fund.

HJR 74 Author: Creighton
Coauthor: Frullo | Gooden | Legler | Miller, Sid | Shelton | et al.
Last Action: 02/23/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
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 109 Author: Orr | Aycock | Hochberg | Pitts | Otto
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 05/27/2011 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to clarify references to the permanent school fund, to allow the General Land Office to distribute revenue derived from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund, and to provide for an increase in the market value of the permanent school fund for the purpose of allowing increased distributions from the available school fund.

HJR 135 Author: Phillips | Callegari | Hancock | Fletcher | Aliseda
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2011 H Failed of adoption
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or a religious organization's freedom of religion.

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