Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 61
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:
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 | Jackson, Jim | Martinez, "Mando" | Edwards | Herrero
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Chavez | Farias | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a medical assistance buy-in program for children with certain developmental disabilities.
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:
Naishtat | King, Susan | Howard, Charlie | Bohac | Menendez
Coauthor:
Bolton | Guillen | Jackson, Jim | Marquez
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to providing home- and community-based support services under the Medicaid program to persons who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities.
Author:
Menendez
Coauthor:
Guillen | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the authorization and regulation of poker gaming and the duties of the Texas Lottery Commission; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Author:
Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Guillen
Last Action:
03/10/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation and funding of the Texas Rural Job Development Fund.
Author:
Pena | King, Phil | Farabee | Bonnen | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Deshotel | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
Author:
Rodriguez | Lucio III | Leibowitz | Martinez, "Mando" | Farias
Coauthor:
Gallego | Guillen | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/01/2009 S Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Caption:
Relating to programs to increase the availability of fresh produce to, and the purchase and consumption of fresh produce by, certain low-income individuals.
Author:
Vo
Coauthor:
Allen | Guillen
Last Action:
03/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.
Author:
Hughes | Paxton | Madden | Lewis | Eiland
Coauthor:
Button | Guillen | Leibowitz | Miller, Doug | Miller, Sid | et al.
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the information displayed on certain licenses.
Author:
Naishtat | Herrero | Edwards | Menendez | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Guillen | Kent | King, Susan | Maldonado | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Legislative Committee on Aging and other initiatives relating to the aging population of this state.
Author:
Edwards
Coauthor:
Guillen
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.
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:
Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
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:
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:
Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego
Coauthor:
Bolton | Bonnen | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized adjustment under the public school finance system.
Author:
Leibowitz | Naishtat | Herrero | Rodriguez | Cook
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.
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:
Orr | Rodriguez | Parker | Strama | Shelton
Coauthor:
Guillen | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the creation of business opportunities for certain former foster children.
Author:
Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings
Coauthor:
Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient.
Author:
Menendez | Homer | Geren | Gattis | Pitts
Coauthor:
Bohac | Bonnen | Chavez | Edwards | Flores | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to continued health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.
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:
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:
Thompson | Pitts | Geren | Alonzo | Gonzales
Coauthor:
Flores | Guillen | Kent | Leibowitz | Pena
Sponsor:
Gallegos
Last Action:
05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Anderson | Aycock | Gonzalez Toureilles | Chisum
Coauthor:
Darby | Gallego | Guillen | Kleinschmidt | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation and administration of the rural veterinarian loan repayment 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:
Bohac | Elkins | Solomons | Hilderbran | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Branch | Guillen | Leibowitz | Turner, Chris
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to information that must be included on certain electric bills.
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:
Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.
Author:
Maldonado | Anderson | Thibaut | Bolton | Miklos
Coauthor:
Guillen
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the payment for an appearance as a witness for certain peace officers and firefighters.
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:
Olivo | Gonzales | Naishtat | Turner, Sylvester | Corte
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day.
Author:
Castro | Martinez Fischer | Lucio III | Bolton | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Guillen | Herrero | Veasey
Last Action:
04/27/2009 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to protective orders against family violence.
Author:
Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Button | Chisum | Cook | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements.
Author:
Olivo
Coauthor:
Guillen
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to best practices for public school student dropout prevention and recovery.
Author:
Chisum | Gallego | Merritt | Gonzales | Corte
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Berman | Guillen | Leibowitz | Lucio III
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/25/2009 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of an interoperable statewide emergency radio infrastructure and the establishment of an emergency radio infrastructure account.
Author:
Menendez | Corte | McClendon | Castro | McReynolds
Coauthor:
Guillen | Legler
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
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:
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 | 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:
Hochberg | Eissler | Aycock | Pitts | Patrick
Coauthor:
Chavez | Edwards | Flores | Guillen | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school finance and programs.
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:
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:
Pena | Anderson | Lucio III | Gonzales
Coauthor:
Guillen
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Memorializing Congress in support of establishing a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.
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:
Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.
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:
Raymond | Pitts | Edwards | Otto | Hopson
Coauthor:
Guillen
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to dedicate net revenue from the state lottery to certain public school purposes.
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:
Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Crabb | Creighton | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single elected railroad commissioner.
Author:
Howard, Donna | Anchia | Eissler | Chisum | Dutton
Coauthor:
Guillen | Leibowitz
Last Action:
05/11/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to create the Permanent School Fund Management Council to assume the duty of the State Board of Education to manage the permanent school fund and to allow the School Land Board to transfer funds from the permanent school fund to the available school fund.
Author:
Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches.
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.