Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Charlie Geren
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/18/2024

Number of Bills: 40

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 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 95 Author: Fletcher | King, Phil | Berman | Callegari | Pickett
Coauthor: Bohac | Burkett | Christian | Creighton | Driver | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.

HB 187 Author: Perry
Coauthor: Bohac | Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 02/11/2011 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by this state.

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 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 312 Author: Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Berman | Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Bohac | Christian | Creighton | Elkins | Frullo | et al.
Last Action: 02/15/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HB 380 Author: Callegari | Zerwas | Miller, Sid | Murphy | Hughes
Coauthor: Bohac | Christian | Creighton | Geren | Gooden | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues.

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 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 684 Author: Larson | Lavender | Fletcher | Bonnen
Coauthor: Geren | Howard, Charlie | Kuempel | Landtroop | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to housing prisoners in a tent or other facility in lieu of a county jail.

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 804 Author: Lewis | Aliseda | Branch | Harless | Pena
Coauthor: Bohac | Carter | Davis, John | Driver | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.

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 875 Author: Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Christian | Fletcher | Geren | Phillips | White
Last Action: 05/16/2011 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the identification of certain defendants as foreign nationals who were not lawfully admitted to the United States or whose lawful status has expired and to their release on bail.

HB 889 Author: Lewis | Kleinschmidt | King, Tracy O. | Otto | Gallego
Coauthor: Beck | Geren | Landtroop | Lozano
Last Action: 05/10/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of a real property interest in oil or gas in place.

HB 1121 Author: Weber | Carter
Coauthor: Christian | Geren | Madden | Pena | Sheffield | et al.
Last Action: 04/27/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain offenses involving trafficking of persons.

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 1455 Author: Kolkhorst | Madden
Coauthor: Geren | White
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the release or discharge by a law enforcement agency of certain illegal immigrants at the office of a United States senator or United States representative.

HB 1633 Author: Bonnen
Coauthor: Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Branch | et al.
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 05/18/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror.

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 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 2828 Author: Callegari
Coauthor: Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Berman | Bonnen | Burkett | Cain | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the offense of coercing a person to have or seek an abortion and informed and voluntary consent for an abortion; providing penalties.

HB 3252 Author: Chisum | Pena | Harless | Keffer
Coauthor: Brown | Burkett | Davis, John | Eissler | Geren | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of unauthorized foreign nationals and to a biennial report regarding reported violations.

HB 3746 Author: Frullo | Gallego | Menendez | Branch
Coauthor: Aliseda | Alvarado | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to investigations of certain offenses involving the Internet-based sexual exploitation of a minor; creating the Internet crimes against children account to support those activities.

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 61 Author: Callegari | Creighton | Ritter | Miller, Doug | King, Tracy O.
Coauthor: Geren | Landtroop | Perry | Smith, Wayne | White
Last Action: 05/18/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Expressing opposition to federal interference in state management of Texas' water resources.

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 88 Author: Garza | Pena | Torres | Margo | Aliseda
Coauthor: Anderson, Rodney | Geren | Landtroop | Legler
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Urging Congress to enact an overhaul of the immigration system to promote economic prosperity and national security.

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 42 Author: Callegari | Zerwas | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Fletcher
Coauthor: Bohac | Button | Christian | Creighton | Geren | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide for a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund.

HJR 46 Author: White
Coauthor: Christian | Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Legler | et al.
Last Action: 02/21/2011 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment releasing a school district from the obligation to comply with an unfunded state educational mandate.

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 58 Author: Hancock | Creighton | Solomons
Coauthor: Frullo | Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Landtroop | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations.

HJR 61 Author: Raymond | Lewis | King, Phil | Deshotel | Woolley
Coauthor: Brown | Castro | Darby | Geren | Guillen | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2011 H Failed of adoption
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment changing the terms of office of a district judge.

HJR 62 Author: Zerwas
Coauthor: Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Legler | Miller, Sid | et al.
Last Action: 02/18/2011 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 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 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 124 Author: Landtroop | Laubenberg
Coauthor: Chisum | Geren | Gooden | Huberty | Legler | et al.
Last Action: 03/15/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a four-fifths vote by the house of representatives to increase taxes.

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