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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Juan M Escobar
79th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/27/2026

Number of Bills: 54

Author:
Hopson | Farabee | Hughes | Menendez
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bailey | Blake | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
01/27/2005 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to health coverage or compensation supplementation for certain education employees.
Author:
Seaman | Dawson | Thompson | Solis | Chavez
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
01/31/2005 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to funding for public school career and technology programs.
Author:
Deshotel
Coauthor:
Escobar | Ritter
Last Action:
01/31/2005 H Referred to Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
Caption:
Relating to exempting certain individuals from general fishing license fees.
Author:
Guillen
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
02/01/2005 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to motor vehicles equipped with recording devices.
Author:
Driver | Keel | Hupp | Rose | Hegar
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bailey | Baxter | Berman | Blake | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the issuance and expiration of certain licenses to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Elkins | Bonnen | Hughes | Riddle | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor:
Jackson, Mike
Last Action:
05/12/2005 S Motion to suspend regular order fails
Caption:
Relating to the powers of a county, municipality, or local entity with respect to the regulation of traffic on highways under its jurisdiction.
Author:
Chavez | Keel | Hupp
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the wearing of protective headgear by certain motorcycle operators and passengers.
Author:
Deshotel | Pena | Guillen
Coauthor:
Escobar | Farabee | Hamilton | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action:
05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to exempting certain individuals from general fishing license fees.
Author:
Pena | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
02/03/2005 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.
Author:
Pena | Guillen
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
02/03/2005 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to stipends for public school teachers assigned to campuses serving a high percentage of low-income students.
Author:
Smith, Todd | Baxter | Merritt | Brown, Betty | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bailey | Berman | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to computer-assisted hunting from remote locations; providing penalties.
Author:
Guillen
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
05/17/2005 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting a person from offering to deliver or delivering, or offering to purchase or purchasing, a substance or device with the intent to falsify a drug test.
Author:
Guillen | Chavez | Castro
Coauthor:
Escobar | Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/20/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and certain children of those personnel.
Author:
Delisi | Homer | Farabee | Corte, Frank | Seaman
Coauthor:
Berman | Escobar | Herrero | Leibowitz | McClendon | et al.
Last Action:
04/04/2005 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a project of a development corporation in connection with a military base or facility.
Author:
Menendez | Riddle | Hupp | Dukes | Vo
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Baxter | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2005 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for and certain civil consequences of committing the offense of prostitution.
Author:
Crownover | Luna | Eissler | Zedler | Dukes
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the conduct of newborn screening by the Department of State Health Services.
Author:
King, Phil | Hill | Hegar | Goolsby
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/11/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the cloning of human beings; providing penalties.
Author:
Hodge | Branch | Chavez | Anchia | Pena
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anderson | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to produce samples at municipally owned farmers' markets.
Author:
Alonzo
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
04/20/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to allowing certain early voting polling places to serve as election day polling places.
Author:
Chavez | Castro | Solis
Coauthor:
Escobar
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to migrant labor housing facilities.
Author:
Cook, Byron | Hupp | Pena | Chisum | Giddings
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Blake | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of a privacy policy by a person who requires the disclosure of an individual's social security number; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Miller | Delisi | Hupp | Pickett | Hunter
Coauthor:
Anderson | Escobar | Guillen | Hopson | Merritt | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the award of higher education course credit for the completion of certain military training and to readmission to a public institution of higher education of students who withdraw to perform active military service.
Author:
Dutton
Coauthor:
Escobar
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to access to criminal history record information by a domestic relations office.
Author:
Eiland | Smith, Todd | Anchia
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2005 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to political contributions and expenditures; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Author:
Mowery | Hupp | Hardcastle | McReynolds | Geren
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2005 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to municipal regulation of the discharge of firearms and certain other weapons.
Author:
Martinez, "Mando" | Gonzales | Solis | Pena | Rodriguez
Coauthor:
Escobar | Gonzalez Toureilles
Last Action:
04/21/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health insurance benefits provided to certain public school retirees and their dependents.
Author:
Olivo
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Casteel | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to promotion of students to certain grade levels in public school.
Author:
Olivo
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirements for a high school diploma.
Author:
Goolsby | Giddings | Driver | Harper-Brown | Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anchia | Blake | Branch | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.
Author:
Delisi | Hill | McReynolds | Coleman | Truitt
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid managed care delivery system.
Author:
Rose | Naishtat | Morrison | Harper-Brown | Gallego
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Dawson | Escobar | Giddings | Goolsby | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2005 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to student representation on the board of regents of each state university or state university system.
Author:
Laubenberg | Riddle | Corte, Frank | Anderson
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
03/14/2005 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the right of health care facilities, health insurers, and health care providers to object to providing or participating in the provision of certain procedures.
Author:
Isett, Carl
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
03/14/2005 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to salary increases, equity adjustments, and merit payments for certain state employees.
Author:
Driver
Coauthor:
Escobar
Sponsor:
Armbrister
Last Action:
05/22/2005 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 22 2005 7:00PM
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of alarm systems and alarm systems companies; providing penalties.
Author:
Allen, Alma
Coauthor:
Anchia | Chavez | Escobar | Farrar | Gonzales | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to corporal punishment in public schools.
Author:
Geren
Coauthor:
Escobar | Farabee | Noriega, Melissa
Last Action:
04/21/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Rose
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bailey | Castro | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2005 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the award of attorney's fees in an election contest.
Author:
Rodriguez | Thompson
Coauthor:
Anchia | Escobar | Farrar | Gonzales | Herrero | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to providing the national free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch program to a greater number of public school students.
Author:
Anchia | Hartnett | Jackson, Jim | Vo
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Branch | Burnam | Campbell | et al.
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/18/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapy and massage establishments and certain services related to massage; providing penalties.
Author:
Frost | Rose | Martinez Fischer | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Blake | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/17/2005 E Effective on 9/1/05
Caption:
Relating to civil liability for provision of alcohol to a minor.
Author:
Menendez
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Burnam | Campbell | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2005 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of certain information from an early voting roster.
Author:
Morrison | Truitt | Olivo | Brown, Betty | Casteel
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Anderson | Berman | Blake | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2005 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of abortion; creating an offense.
Author:
Orr | Hegar | Anderson
Coauthor:
Baxter | Blake | Campbell | Cook, Robby | Escobar | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2005 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the procedure for initiating and the award of certain costs in eminent domain proceedings.
Author:
Cook, Robby | Chisum | McReynolds | Hardcastle | Casteel
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Berman | Eissler | Escobar | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/26/2005 S Received from the House
Caption:
Memorializing Congress to preserve the community development block grant program and its funding at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Author:
Chavez | Oliveira | Turner | Luna | Castro
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Dukes | et al.
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/27/2005 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Memorializing Congress to allow Mexican visitors the same six-month length of stay afforded to Canadian travelers.
Author:
Merritt | Branch | Luna | Hilderbran | Rose
Coauthor:
Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Baxter | et al.
Last Action:
01/13/2005 S Received from the House
Caption:
Directing the legislative staff responsible for maintaining the Internet website for the Texas Legislature to provide improved public access to information on votes taken on legislation.
Author:
Raymond
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
02/17/2005 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Memorializing the United States Congress not to privatize the social security program.
Author:
Noriega, Melissa | Herrero
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Cook, Byron | Cook, Robby | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2005 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Memorializing Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset provision and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.
Author:
Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Allen, Ray | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Last Action:
05/25/2005 S Received from the House
Caption:
Encouraging the board of regents of Texas Southern University to name a building, an outdoor plaza, or an interior space of honor on the campus after the Honorable Joe E. Moreno.
Author:
Guillen
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
02/08/2005 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the state to provide for equitable funding for each student under the public school system.
Author:
Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Escobar | Hamric | McClendon | Thompson | et al.
Last Action:
02/03/2005 H Reported enrolled: Feb 3 2005 8:14AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 2, 2005, as Texas Southern University Day at the Capitol.
Author:
Raymond
Coauthor:
Blake | Branch | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Campbell | et al.
Last Action:
03/30/2005 H Referred to House Administration
Caption:
Amending the Housekeeping Resolution to provide for display of the motto "In God We Trust" in the House chamber.
Author:
Solis
Coauthor:
Escobar
Last Action:
04/26/2005 H Reported enrolled: Apr 26 2005 8:55AM
Caption:
Recognizing April 7, 2005, as World Health Day 2005.
Author:
Dunnam | Coleman | Anchia | Gallego
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Davis, Yvonne | Escobar | Frost | Geren | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2005 H Reported enrolled: May 9 2005 5:25PM
Caption:
Convening the Texas House of Representatives in a memorial session honoring Representative Joseph E. Moreno on May 11, 2005.
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