Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 62
Author:
Eissler | Hochberg | Keffer | Dutton | Raymond
Coauthor:
Bohac | Bolton | Button | Cohen | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.
Author:
Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Eiland | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally.
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:
Lucio III | Martinez, "Mando" | Rios Ybarra | Pena | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Gonzales
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to establishing a health science center and medical school in South Texas.
Author:
Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers.
Author:
Villarreal | Marquez | Patrick | Walle | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Burnam | Flores | Gonzales | Herrero | Moody | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs.
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:
Ortiz, Jr. | Button | Brown, Fred | Strama | Parker
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Gutierrez | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the designation of enterprise projects during a biennium.
Author:
Raymond
Coauthor:
Gonzales
Last Action:
02/17/2009 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to leave for junior college district or university system employees who are physically assaulted while on duty.
Author:
Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis
Coauthor:
Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.
Author:
Madden | Rodriguez | Eissler | Strama
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Gutierrez
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the provision of competitive grants to fund programs for certain public school students assigned to disciplinary alternative education programs or in-school suspension.
Author:
Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | Hunter | Gonzalez Toureilles | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Eiland | Gonzales | Guillen | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to creating a recognition day in honor of Dr. Hector P. Garcia.
Author:
Martinez Fischer | Pitts | Gallego | Berman | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/13/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.
Author:
Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Farias | et al.
Last Action:
03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.
Author:
Howard, Donna | Rodriguez | Maldonado | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Gutierrez | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor:
Davis, Wendy
Last Action:
05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the State Board of Education.
Author:
Chisum | Cohen | Naishtat | Thompson | Branch
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
Author:
Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
04/23/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.
Author:
Burnam | Lucio III | Naishtat | Farrar
Coauthor:
Farias | Gonzales | Moody | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the employment rights of certain individuals with disabilities.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Turner, Sylvester | Geren | Menendez | Bohac
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Kuempel | Pierson | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to notice of expiration and price change in certain retail electric service contracts.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Ortiz, Jr. | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Martinez Fischer | McCall | Pena
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Aycock | Deshotel | Gonzales | Hughes
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Placed on General State 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:
Keffer | Rose | Morrison | Kolkhorst | Thompson
Coauthor:
Button | Flores | Gonzales | Guillen | Hartnett | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
Author:
Strama | Miklos | Villarreal | Pena | Bolton
Coauthor:
Gonzales
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the promotion and use of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.
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:
Anchia | Walle | Hodge | Miklos | Thibaut
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | et al.
Last Action:
03/02/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption:
Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates.
Author:
Giddings | Solomons | Eiland | Hughes | Smithee
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Edwards | Gonzales | Hernandez | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/26/2009 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage regarding certain contractors.
Author:
Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
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:
Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Branch | Hodge | Isett
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Guillen | Jones | Kent | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to compensation of and services to persons wrongfully imprisoned.
Author:
Villarreal | Rodriguez
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Pena
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the voluntary assessment of property owners by a municipality to finance certain energy conservation improvements.
Author:
Smithee | Hughes
Coauthor:
Eiland | Gonzales
Last Action:
03/30/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the recovery of medical or health care expenses in civil actions.
Author:
Davis, John | Zerwas | Truitt | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Gonzales
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an e-prescribing implementation plan under the Medicaid and child health plan programs.
Author:
Smithee | Hardcastle | Eiland | Bohac | Alonzo
Coauthor:
Burnam | Flores | Gonzales | Herrero | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Averitt
Last Action:
05/30/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption:
Relating to premium discounts for certain participants in the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool and to funding for those discounts through certain penalties.
Author:
Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses.
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:
Anchia | Kent
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Pena
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to efficiency standards for certain appliances; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Hunter | Gonzalez Toureilles | Fletcher
Coauthor:
Callegari | Gonzales | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists.
Author:
Deshotel | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Edwards | Gonzales | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.
Author:
Castro
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Gonzales | Ortiz, Jr. | Villarreal
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an employment services program to assist certain unemployed or underemployed child support obligors.
Author:
Shelton | Zerwas | Rose | Pitts | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Coleman | Davis, John | Dukes | Gonzales | Hartnett | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.
Author:
Anchia | Kent | Bolton
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Pena
Sponsor:
Averitt
Last Action:
05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the adoption of energy efficient building standards and energy efficiency and conservation standards for instructional facilities.
Author:
Dunnam | Crownover | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Gattis
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Bolton | Castro | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties.
Author:
Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.
Author:
Bolton
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kleinschmidt
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/23/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 23 2009 1:10PM
Caption:
Relating to authorizing an emergency services district to impose an ad valorem tax for the acquisition of land, equipment, or apparatus or the construction of capital improvements.
Author:
Harless | Gattis | Rodriguez | Kent | Bolton
Coauthor:
Cook | Eiland | Gonzales | Hardcastle | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the use and management of dedicated funds by the state.
Author:
Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Raymond | Guillen | Pena
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Herrero | Martinez, "Mando" | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the temporary housing in a housing facility of a public university of certain veterans receiving health care treatment.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Raymond | Pena | Guillen
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Herrero | Martinez, "Mando" | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from the state hotel occupancy tax for certain veterans traveling to receive health care at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility.
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:
Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Button | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to establishing a no-interest loan program to promote the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technology in certain residential dwellings, commercial buildings, and places of worship.
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:
Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption:
Relating to adoption of a consumer bill of rights for insurance coverage obtained through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.
Author:
Herrero | Gattis | Truitt | Kent | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.
Author:
Flores | Gonzalez Toureilles | Martinez, "Mando" | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to Administration
Caption:
Directing the State Preservation Board to amend its rules to allow the statue in honor of Tejanos to be placed on the south lawn of the Capitol.
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:
Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Author:
Maldonado
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Cohen | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM
Caption:
Honoring State Representative Senfronia Thompson on her receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Annie's List.
Author:
Dunnam | Coleman | Moody
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State.
Author:
Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Gonzales
Last Action:
05/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 25 2009 11:46AM
Caption:
Congratulating IDEA Schools CEO Tom Torkelson on being nominated for inclusion in TIME magazine's 2009 TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people.
Author:
Kent | Cohen | Bolton | Howard, Donna | Allen
Coauthor:
Farrar | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Hernandez | Maldonado | et al.
Last Action:
06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption:
Congratulating Robert E. Jones of Annie's List on his receipt of a 2009 Rising Star Award from Politics magazine.