Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Sen. Leticia Van de Putte
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 59

Sponsor (59):
HB 99 Author: Maxey
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the use of certain electronic media by the Texas State Board of Pharmacy and persons or entities regulated by that board.

HB 100 Author: Maxey
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/23/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain health care activities using the Internet.

HB 141 Author: Wise
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offenses of kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping.

HB 218 Author: Wise | Uresti | Menendez | Olivo | Hinojosa
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the membership of a local workforce development board.

HB 287 Author: King, Phil | Hodge
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to creating the criminal offense of providing a cigarette or tobacco product to an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 342 Author: McClendon | Madden | Uresti | Capelo
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the study of disease management programs for children's asthma and to the establishment of an asthma and allergy research advisory committee.

HB 400 Author: Giddings
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to assisting prospective students in enrolling in institutions of higher education.

HB 551 Author: Mowery
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/18/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of a cosmetologist to treat a person's mustache or beard.

HB 567 Author: Deshotel | Dukes
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to computation of the maximum and minimum benefit amounts for total unemployment under the unemployment compensation system.

HB 660 Author: Seaman | Solis, Jim | Keffer | Zbranek | Yarbrough
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to career and technology education and training.

HB 694 Author: Yarbrough
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of certain sheltered workshop employees who are blind.

HB 936 Author: Solis, Jim
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the application of certain laws to local workforce development boards and to the application of certain conflict of interest requirements to the members of those boards.

HB 964 Author: Dunnam
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the release of certain confidential information of a patient by the patient's physician.

HB 1082 Author: Thompson | Hamric | Rangel | Davis, Yvonne | Hawley
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on employment discrimination in compensation; providing penalties.

HB 1137 Author: Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to court-ordered social studies in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 1188 Author: Telford
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the rights of a public school teacher who is assaulted during the performance of the teacher's regular duties.

HB 1243 Author: Villarreal, Mike | Naishtat
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to monitoring by the Texas Workforce Commission of the long-term employment history of certain former recipients of public assistance.

HB 1376 Author: Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/23/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for appointment of a visiting associate judge in certain family law cases.

HB 1377 Author: Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the requirements for a suit filed by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services to terminate the parent-child relationship.

HB 1403 Author: Noriega | Garcia | Hill | Reyna, Elvira | Flores
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to qualify as residents of this state for purposes of higher education tuition or to pay tuition at the rate provided to residents of this state.

HB 1404 Author: Martinez Fischer | Moreno, Joe E.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to certain credit insurance policies.

HB 1447 Author: Oliveira | Uresti
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax credit for certain activities in defense economic readjustment zones.

HB 1448 Author: Oliveira
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to authorizing the governing body of a municipality or a county to enter into a tax abatement agreement with the owner of a leasehold interest in real property that is located in a reinvestment zone.

HB 1452 Author: Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/23/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the placement of a person on community supervision in a proceeding to enforce an order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 1491 Author: Farabee | Thompson | Goodman | Coleman | Brimer
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain mental disorders in children.

HB 1592 Author: Kitchen | Reyna, Arthur
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a project of an industrial development corporation.

HB 1600 Author: Jones, Elizabeth | Hinojosa | Martinez Fischer | Uresti | Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/24/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from a peace officer, parole officer, or community supervision and corrections department officer.

HB 1676 Author: Burnam
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain benefits related to brain injury.

HB 1716 Author: Puente
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute in The University of Texas System.

HB 1719 Author: Eiland
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to prohibiting certain persons and entities from banning the use of recording devices during the delivery of a child.

HB 1721 Author: Martinez Fischer | Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certification examinations for educators certified in other jurisdictions.

HB 1739 Author: Martinez Fischer
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the penalty for a violation of certain laws involving the restraint of a child in a motor vehicle.

HB 1754 Author: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the effect of redistricting by a junior college district on the terms of the current members of the district's board of trustees.

HB 1761 Author: Turner, Sylvester | Chavez | Coleman | Dutton | Yarbrough
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/23/2001 S Record vote
Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the employee's child.

HB 1806 Author: Menendez | Moreno, Joe E. | Martinez Fischer | Haggerty | Villarreal, Mike
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.

HB 1845 Author: Oliveira
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to simplified sales and use tax administration.

HB 1862 Author: Eiland | Janek | Lewis, Glenn | Jones, Elizabeth | Smithee
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care providers under certain health benefit plans; providing penalties.

HB 1891 Author: Lewis, Glenn
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/28/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to insurers providing a written explanation of certain endorsements to insurance policies.

HB 2010 Author: Uresti | Solis, Jim | Reyna, Elvira
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the availability of deferred adjudication to a defendant charged with delivering certain controlled substances or marihuana to a minor.

HB 2028 Author: Yarbrough
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the enforcement of a lien by the Texas Workforce Commission for unpaid wages or penalties.

HB 2156 Author: Danburg
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to certain utility customer discounts.

HB 2316 Author: McClendon
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the sale of certain state property from the General Services Commission to Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

HB 2327 Author: Solis, Jim
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the operation, funding, and assessment of local workforce development boards.

HB 2331 Author: Uresti | Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to punishments for certain violations of alcoholic beverage law relating to minors.

HB 2351 Author: Hinojosa | Thompson
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal case involving controlled substances.

HB 2582 Author: Chavez | Gutierrez | Raymond | Oliveira
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to customs brokers.

HB 2751 Author: Jones, Elizabeth
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the amount of compensation and allowances for county auditors.

HB 2786 Author: Noriega
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to requiring the Texas Workforce Commission to assist the Texas National Guard in the implementation of certain youth job-training and mentoring programs.

HB 2803 Author: Uresti | Reyna, Arthur
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to refund or retention by a landlord of a security deposit under a commercial lease.

HB 2987 Author: Deshotel | Luna, Vilma | Allen | Dunnam | Keel
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to an exemption from sex offender registration for certain juvenile and adult offenders.

HB 2989 Author: Gutierrez | Chavez | Capelo
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to establishing an acanthosis nigricans screening program in certain public and private schools.

HB 3147 Author: Smith | Flores | Truitt | Hochberg
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to allowing certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas to be employed as principals without losing retirement benefits.

HB 3172 Author: Thompson | Menendez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of a county to establish public improvement districts.

HB 3191 Author: Puente
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the consent of certain municipalities to the inclusion of their extraterritorial jurisdiction in emergency services districts.

HB 3305 Author: Martinez Fischer
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to changing the deadlines and authority for ordering the election and filing for candidacy in political subdivision elections.

HB 3364 Author: Menendez | Hamric | McClendon | Oliveira | Wise
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to deferring or abating a suit to collect ad valorem taxes owed by certain disabled individuals.

HB 3393 Author: Oliveira
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the adoption and use of certain consumer information materials in Spanish regarding personal automobile insurance coverage.

HB 3590 Author: Hunter
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to establishing the Texas Fund for Geography Education to support geography education at public, private, or independent institutions of higher education.

HCR 324 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives to make corrections in H.B. No. 3172.

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