Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Byron Cook
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/9/2026
Number of Bills: 44

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (23):
Author:
Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano
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.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/09/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; providing penalties.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/09/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption:
Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/09/2011 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to a drug donation program.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the issuance and suspension of a hardship driver's license.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction for certain municipalities.
Author:
Cook | Pitts
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/09/2011 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an offense for certain uses of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; providing penalties.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/01/2011 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of regulations on the purchase of ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate material by certain purchasers.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
11/18/2010 H Filed
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land use after a local option election.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
02/16/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption:
Relating to the purchase of plastic bulk merchandise containers by certain businesses; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
05/21/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/01/2011 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption:
Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/10/2011 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to allowing a county to access state highway right-of-way to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
05/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Forest Service.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources and the transfer of certain department functions to the comptroller of public accounts.
Author:
Cook
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the administration of the collection improvement program.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to management of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 10, 2011, as Corsicana/Navarro County Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
04/15/2011 H Reported enrolled: Apr 15 2011 11:00AM
Caption:
Congratulating Joe B. Cannon on his receipt of the 2010 Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
05/29/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 29 2011 6:25PM
Caption:
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2499.
Author:
Cook
Last Action:
05/28/2011 H Filed
Caption:
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 90.
Joint Author (21):
Author:
Lucio III | Cook
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to energy efficiency standards for certain buildings and to high-performance design, construction, and renovation standards for certain buildings and facilities of institutions of higher education.
Author:
Morrison | Fletcher | Harless | Weber | Cook
Last Action:
02/23/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Craddick | Martinez Fischer | Brown | Cook | Menendez
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an offense for certain uses of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.
Author:
Smith, Todd | Cook | Patrick, Diane | Quintanilla | Truitt
Last Action:
02/15/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to providing access to an ultrasound before an abortion.
Author:
Christian | Huberty | Craddick | Hilderbran | Cook
Last Action:
05/04/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a hospital district's use of tax revenue to finance the performance of an abortion.
Author:
Guillen | Huberty | Cook | Alvarado | Harless
Last Action:
04/11/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to historically underutilized businesses owned by disabled veterans for purposes of state contracting.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Cook | Darby
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to compensatory time accrued by a correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Author:
Pitts | Cook | Shelton | Anderson, Charles "Doc"
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
05/28/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to exempting certain customers from certain demand charges by transmission and distribution utilities.
Author:
King, Phil | Kolkhorst | Cook | Flynn
Last Action:
04/14/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem and attorney for a minor in an application for a court order authorizing the minor to consent to an abortion.
Author:
Murphy | Allen | Eissler | Patrick, Diane | Cook
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the computation of public high school grade point averages.
Author:
Reynolds | Cook
Last Action:
03/03/2011 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.
Author:
Brown | Pitts | Raymond | Cook
Last Action:
05/13/2011 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to the monitoring and enhancement of health and human services information technology.
Author:
Howard, Charlie | Reynolds | Cook
Last Action:
05/05/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.
Author:
Madden | Bonnen | Cook | McClendon | Cain
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to abolishing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and transferring the powers and duties of those agencies to the newly created Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the functions of the independent ombudsman that serves the department.
Author:
Smith, Wayne | Cook | Dutton
Last Action:
04/28/2011 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; providing penalties.
Author:
Chisum | Eissler | Cook | Naishtat | Branch
Last Action:
03/30/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.
Author:
Hunter | Margo | Cook | Guillen | Woolley
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, distributors, and representatives.
Author:
Gallego | Callegari | Oliveira | Cook
Last Action:
05/06/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to control over state facilities and to the abolition of the Texas Facilities Commission and the transfer of its duties to the General Land Office.
Author:
Taylor, Van | Pitts | Turner | Coleman | Cook
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to unit operations for oil, gas, or oil and gas production or carbon dioxide storage.
Author:
Hunter | Thompson | Martinez Fischer | Cook | Jackson, Jim
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas.
Author:
Brown | Workman | Cook | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Otto
Last Action:
04/19/2011 H Referred to Rules & Resolutions
Caption:
Congratulating the Texas A&M University women's basketball team on winning the NCAA Division I national championship.
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