Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 62
Author:
Otto
Coauthor:
Allen | Berman | Bohac | Crabb | Elkins | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal of property, including residence homesteads, for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Orr | Pitts | Callegari | Veasey | Pickett
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain.
Author:
Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.
Author:
Branch | Cohen | Patrick | Crabb
Coauthor:
Bohac | Button | Crownover | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.
Author:
Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.
Author:
Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Button | Crabb | Elkins | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.
Author:
Bohac | Harless
Coauthor:
Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.
Author:
Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.
Author:
King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
Author:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Author:
Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Christian | Berman
Coauthor:
Flynn | King, Phil
Last Action:
04/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to drug testing of certain persons seeking or receiving financial assistance benefits.
Author:
Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.
Author:
Hughes | Frost | Merritt | Homer | Hopson
Coauthor:
Christian | Flynn
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to transition to competition in the Southwestern Electric Power Company service area.
Author:
Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.
Author:
Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired.
Author:
Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Author:
Button | Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Fletcher | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug
Last Action:
02/25/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to tax incentives for certain businesses for job creation and retention.
Author:
Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Parker
Last Action:
02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to a pilot project in certain school districts exempting those districts from state requirements, restrictions, and prohibitions.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Davis, John | Flynn
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to ballot certification of a political party presidential candidate.
Author:
Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program.
Author:
Frost | Farabee | Lucio III | McReynolds | Driver
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.
Author:
Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Farabee | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school finance.
Author:
Laubenberg | Christian
Coauthor:
Flynn | Paxton
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the use of funds awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Author:
Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
Author:
Driver | McReynolds | Kolkhorst | Ortiz, Jr. | Merritt
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.
Author:
Weber | Guillen
Coauthor:
Button | Flynn
Sponsor:
Jackson, Mike
Last Action:
05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to parking privileges for veterans with disabilities.
Author:
Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.
Author:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions.
Author:
Isett
Coauthor:
Callegari | Flynn | Gutierrez | Hughes | Legler | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway or street under its jurisdiction by an automated traffic control system.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Creighton | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the availability of certain county financial information on certain counties' Internet websites.
Author:
Swinford
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Button | Callegari | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions.
Author:
Callegari | Fletcher | Anderson
Coauthor:
Flynn
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the franchise tax.
Author:
Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
Davis, John
Coauthor:
Flynn
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Referred to Human Services
Caption:
Relating to mandatory participation in certain TANF employment programs by certain persons.
Author:
Gattis | Isett | Veasey | Truitt | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Chavez | Edwards | Eissler | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Hilderbran | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Aycock | Button | Callegari | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and 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:
Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties.
Author:
Morrison | Cook | Harless | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to informed and voluntary consent for an abortion and the collection and reporting of information related to the performance of an abortion; providing penalties.
Author:
Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Chisum | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General.
Author:
Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.
Author:
Weber
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Flynn | Harless | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing school district employees to make charitable contributions.
Author:
Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the teaching of science in public schools.
Author:
Hunter | Shelton
Coauthor:
Flynn
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to health care coverage for children in Title IV-D cases.
Author:
Branch | Eissler | Strama | Oliveira | Aycock
Coauthor:
Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to textbooks, electronic textbooks, instructional material, and technological equipment in public schools.
Author:
Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/31/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Isett | Berman
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Crownover | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation.
Author:
Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor:
Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Elkins
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
Author:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Crabb | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.
Author:
Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson
Coauthor:
Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate.
Author:
Harless | Laubenberg | Branch
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.