Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Sen. David Bernsen
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 43

Sponsor (43):
HB 223 Author: Wise
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to procedural requirements applicable to the release on parole of certain sex offenders.

HB 261 Author: Ritter
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the transfer of a defendant from county jail to the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice pending an appeal by the defendant.

HB 412 Author: Zbranek
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to an extension to file a request to maintain service area certification by a municipally owned utility.

HB 602 Author: Zbranek
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the creation and financing of hospital districts in small counties.

HB 757 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a task force to eliminate health and health access disparities in Texas.

HB 824 Author: Ellis, Dan | Zbranek | Hilderbran
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by certain nonprofit county fair associations.

HB 978 Author: Eiland
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the appeal of certain orders, judgments, and decrees.

HB 1100 Author: Lewis, Ron
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/15/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the presumption that certain vessels and other watercraft are located in this state only temporarily for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 1132 Author: Thompson | Naishtat
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/22/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to guardianships and other related matters concerning incapacitated persons.

HB 1191 Author: Williams
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Tabled in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to alter speed limits on county roads.

HB 1515 Author: Janek
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the recovery of damages by a parent, managing conservator, or guardian in a suit brought by a person who was younger than 18 at the time the cause of action accrued.

HB 1628 Author: Deshotel
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to Spindletop MHMR Services.

HB 1651 Author: Edwards
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of optometrists and therapeutic optometrists to form certain professional associations.

HB 2045 Author: Williams
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the disposition of impact fees by municipal utility districts.

HB 2144 Author: Gray
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain purchases by the General Land Office.

HB 2362 Author: Hope | Williams
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District.

HB 2367 Author: Williams | Clark
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the liability of certain nonprofit organizations and their employees and volunteers.

HB 2405 Author: Gray | Seaman
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to regulating mass gatherings on public beaches in coastal counties; providing a penalty.

HB 2579 Author: Lewis, Ron
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to annexation and incorporation procedures relating to certain unincorporated communities in certain counties.

HB 2588 Author: Counts
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the consideration of potential water savings under a water conservation plan in determining the manner of distributing water during a shortage from a water supply covered by a plan.

HB 2731 Author: Gray
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to a proceeding to declare heirship.

HB 2735 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the certification and licensing of court interpreters; providing penalties.

HB 2756 Author: Ritter
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the recording of expenditures of revenue from the county hotel occupancy tax.

HB 2757 Author: Ritter
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/13/2001 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 13 2001 3:11PM
Caption: Relating to the designation of certain land that includes a greenhouse as agricultural land for ad valorem tax appraisal purposes.

HB 2758 Author: Ritter | Deshotel | Lewis, Ron
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain counties to impose a hotel occupancy tax and to the rate of the tax.

HB 2793 Author: Eiland
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the share of the cost of a coastal erosion response study or project required to be paid by a qualified project partner under an agreement with the commissioner of the General Land Office.

HB 3111 Author: Zbranek
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to occupational licenses and registrations issued by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.

HB 3144 Author: Hartnett
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to incapacitated persons, wards, and former wards.

HB 3313 Author: Dunnam
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to elementary class size limits in public schools.

HB 3315 Author: Ramsay
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to county regulation of outdoor burning.

HB 3378 Author: Deshotel
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to composition of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.

HB 3603 Author: Capelo
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the paid leave and the return to duty for certain municipal peace officers and firefighters in certain circumstances.

HB 3627 Author: Hope
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the creation of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Montgomery County and to the jurisdiction, operation, and administration of the county courts at law in Montgomery County.

HB 3633 Author: Hope
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the operation of the East Montgomery County Improvement District.

HB 3648 Author: Hope
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/10/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the East Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No. 3.

HB 3653 Author: Ritter
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operation, and financing of the Jefferson County Waterway and Navigation District and the merger of the Jefferson County Navigation District with that district.

HB 3699 Author: Ritter | Deshotel
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the allocation of certain funds for institutions within the Texas State University System.

HCR 97 Author: Zbranek
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 02/15/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating February 6, 2001, as Chambers County Day at the State Capitol.

HCR 180 Author: Williams | Hope
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 03/07/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Recognizing February 27, 2001, as County Treasurers' Association of Texas Day at the State Capitol.

HCR 202 Author: Lewis, Ron
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/22/2001 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Directing the Health and Human Services Commission to redesignate the Doctors Hospital of Groves from an urban hospital to a rural hospital.

HCR 226 Author: Williams | Woolley | Bonnen
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Memorializing congress to modify the tax code to allow for the issuance of tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds for air pollution control facilities in nonattainment areas.

HCR 318 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make technical corrections to H.B. No. 2735.

HCR 322 Author: Janek
Sponsor: Bernsen
Last Action: 05/28/2001 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Recalling H.B. No. 1515 from the governor.

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