Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 88
Author:
Estes
Coauthor:
Eltife | Hegar | Jackson, Mike | Patrick, Dan | Uresti | et al.
Sponsor:
Bonnen | Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of property by entities with eminent domain authority.
Author:
Patrick, Dan
Coauthor:
Eltife | Huffman | Jackson, Mike | Nelson | Nichols | et al.
Last Action:
04/09/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Carona | Davis, Wendy | Uresti | Zaffirini | Hinojosa | et al.
Sponsor:
Thompson
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Lucio III | Martinez, "Mando" | Pena | Oliveira | Rios Ybarra
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to establishing a health science center and medical school in South Texas.
Author:
Lucio | Shapiro | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Raymond
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to professional development institutes regarding education of students with disabilities to serve as a resource for public school teachers and paraprofessionals.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Carona | Davis, Wendy | Lucio | Watson | Gallegos | et al.
Sponsor:
Strama | Anchia | Lucio III
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment and funding of a green job skills training program that includes training for certain youths and young veterans.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Uresti | Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/20/2009 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of veterans court programs in this state and to pretrial intervention programs.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/10/2009 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to resident tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and their dependents.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/29/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the payment of higher education tuition and fees for certain military personnel and their dependents.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Hinojosa
Sponsor:
Farrar
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to electronically recording certain interrogations.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/10/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the insanity defense in a criminal case.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Ogden | Davis, Wendy | Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
02/10/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.
Author:
Deuell | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Wentworth | Hinojosa | West
Sponsor:
Coleman | McClendon | Ortiz, Jr. | Zerwas | King, Susan
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to disease control outreach programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Chavez
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the participation of the medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso in the Joint Admission Medical Program.
Author:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Huffman | Whitmire | Patrick, Dan | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Gattis | Riddle | Miklos | Gallego | Pierson
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the taking of a specimen of the breath or blood of certain persons arrested for an intoxication offense.
Author:
Carona
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Shapiro
Sponsor:
Pickett
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the issuance by the Texas Transportation Commission of general obligation bonds for highway improvement projects.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Zaffirini | West
Last Action:
04/23/2009 S Postponed
Caption:
Relating to benefits and protections for certain residential electric customers.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/11/2009 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to the creation and implementation of the health professional education grant program.
Author:
Van de Putte | Ogden
Coauthor:
Uresti | Harris | Zaffirini | Estes | Hinojosa | et al.
Sponsor:
Corte | Guillen | Maldonado | Flores | Gattis
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to resident tuition rates and fees at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and servicemembers and their spouses and children.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Castro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an online list of work-study employment opportunities available to students at a public institution of higher education.
Author:
Carona
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Gallego
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a public corruption unit in the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/17/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to transferring the statutorily assigned functions and activities of the State Board of Education to the Texas Education Agency.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
West | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to staff development requirements in public schools.
Author:
Carona | Hinojosa | Shapleigh | Uresti | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Harris | Lucio | Ogden | Deuell | Nelson | et al.
Sponsor:
Flores | Pena | Oliveira | Corte | Smith, Wayne
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Point of order sustained
Caption:
Relating 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.
Author:
Seliger | Carona | Deuell
Coauthor:
Shapiro | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/09/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester in geological formations carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/17/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/27/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of money from the Texas emerging technology fund for the research and development of clean energy.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Carona | Hinojosa | West | Zaffirini | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Hegar
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to funding for the continuing education of certain peace officers.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/26/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to enrollment requirements for the operation of Texas A&M University--San Antonio as a general academic teaching institution and the issuance of bonds for that institution.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Davis, Wendy | Deuell | Ellis | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the rights of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities residing in state schools.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
West | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Davis, Yvonne
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the administration of certain housing funds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Uresti | Zaffirini | Seliger
Sponsor:
Gonzalez Toureilles
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Nelson | Deuell | Uresti | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Martinez, "Mando" | Naishtat | Gonzales
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the provision and evaluation of comprehensive substance abuse treatment under the state Medicaid program.
Author:
Hegar
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Homer
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of land used for wildlife management.
Author:
Davis, Wendy
Coauthor:
Lucio | West | Van de Putte | Zaffirini | Nelson
Sponsor:
Howard, Donna
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of certain first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Ortiz, Jr. | Herrero
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to powers of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority of Nueces County, Texas, pertaining to land in and adjacent to Naval Station Ingleside.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/29/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Van de Putte | Hinojosa | Watson | Davis, Wendy | et al.
Sponsor:
Castro | Martinez Fischer | Lucio III | Bolton | Leibowitz
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to protective orders against dating violence.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Herrero
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military personnel and their dependents and to permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child.
Author:
Averitt | Harris
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/23/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of oil and gas royalty interests owned by private institutions of higher education from oil and gas severance taxes.
Author:
Averitt
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Anderson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to applicability of fee exemptions for military personnel and their children to certain course fees charged by public technical institutes and public state colleges.
Author:
Duncan
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Chavez
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain tangible personal property stored temporarily at a location in this state.
Author:
Van de Putte | Eltife | West
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Nichols | Gallegos | Uresti | Zaffirini | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school finance.
Author:
Davis, Wendy
Coauthor:
Deuell | Zaffirini | West | Uresti | Nelson | et al.
Sponsor:
Rose
Last Action:
05/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to providing certain documents and training to children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
West | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the age at which transition planning begins for a public school student receiving special education services.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Gallego
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the offense of operating or riding in a passenger vehicle while not secured by a safety belt.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/13/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten classes.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the appointment or removal of guardians of incapacitated persons.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to criminal history record information relating to persons who are certified to provide guardianship services.
Author:
Hegar
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Phillips
Last Action:
05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the procedure for the removal of a cattle guard on a county road.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Lucio | Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/20/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a strategic plan to reform long-term services and supports for individuals with disabilities.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Uresti | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Rose | Walle
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the investigation of child abuse or neglect.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the absence of a student from public school to visit with a parent or guardian who has been or will be deployed to a combat zone.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Anchia | Marquez
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the making or acceptance of political contributions in a courthouse; providing penalties.
Author:
Huffman | Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Eissler
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine.
Author:
Van de Putte | Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Rose
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the temporary occupational licensing of members of the military and their spouses.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/17/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the ineligibility for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement of persons convicted of certain offenses.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/24/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 24 2009 2:43PM
Caption:
Relating to obtaining an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for motor vehicles driven by persons who have orthopedic handicaps.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Shapiro
Sponsor:
Eissler
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum used in public schools.
Author:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the licensure of nurses, including the assessment of fees, the clinical competency of nursing program graduates, and the establishment of the equivalency of certain competency-based nursing education programs in other states.
Author:
West
Coauthor:
Uresti | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Dukes | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to financial assistance programs in connection with certain children in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Williams
Coauthor:
Watson | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Otto
Last Action:
05/23/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an alternative fuel program to be funded by the Texas emissions reduction plan fund.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Madden
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to orders and judgments rendered by associate judges in child support and child protection cases and to the investigation of child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat | Menendez
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a court's authority to order a proposed patient to receive extended outpatient mental health services.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Allen
Last Action:
05/21/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to optional dispute resolution methods for school districts and parents of students seeking or receiving special education services.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Shapiro | Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requirements for the conduct of Texas Education Agency special education due process hearings.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Phillips
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to child support arrearages and a credit based on certain disability payments.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/08/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion, and enhancement of literacy in this state.
Author:
Duncan | Shapiro
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | West
Last Action:
05/07/2009 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to university funding, including university funding for excellence, the national research university fund, the abolition of the higher education fund, and the institutional groupings established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Author:
Eltife
Coauthor:
Ellis | Van de Putte | Watson | Carona | Davis, Wendy | et al.
Sponsor:
Strama | Deshotel | Harless
Last Action:
05/27/2009 H Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
Caption:
Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Rodriguez
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the provision of information by health and human services agencies to assist children with velocardiofacial syndrome.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat | Davis, John
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Council on Children and Families.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to the creation of three additional county courts at law in Bexar County.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Branch
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H Motion to suspend rules fails
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a home- and community-based services workforce council.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Anchia
Last Action:
05/20/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to procedures related to the placement of a voter on the suspense list.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Davis, Wendy | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and to the establishment of pretrial veterans court programs.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Corte
Last Action:
05/22/2009 H 1 hr. notice-to suspend rules
Caption:
Relating to including certain veterans service organizations as small businesses for the purpose of state contracting.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/31/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a secondary-level English language learners' program for public school students of limited English proficiency.
Author:
Seliger
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the management, operation, and review of groundwater conservation districts and to the potential impact of districts' rules and plans on the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Pena
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a monument dedicated to members of the armed forces from this state who died in combat.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Turner, Sylvester
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the dedication of certain civil penalties for violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act to provide civil legal services to the indigent.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/07/2009 H Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to financial assistance by the Texas Water Development Board for the connection of residences in economically distressed areas to public water supply and sanitary sewer systems.
Author:
Uresti | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the right of certain municipalities to maintain local control over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Rios Ybarra
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Wentworth
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Davis, Wendy
Last Action:
03/13/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
Author:
Averitt
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/23/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide and guarantee loans to encourage advanced clean energy projects.