The digital content on TLO has been updated to align with the accessibility standards required by WCAG 2.1.

Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Patricia Harless
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/27/2026
Number of Bills: 58

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (32):
Author:
Harless | Flynn
Last Action:
03/23/2011 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
02/11/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Harless | Fletcher | Riddle | Branch
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of massage therapists, massage establishments, massage schools, and sexually oriented businesses; providing penalties.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/14/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Lone Star College System District service area.
Author:
Harless | Murphy | Garza
Last Action:
03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of open-enrollment charter schools.
Author:
Harless | Eissler
Last Action:
02/24/2011 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption:
Relating to the issuance and renewal of a real estate inspector license.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the suspension of certain licenses held by employers for the knowing employment of persons not lawfully present in the United States.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
05/02/2011 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Relating to personalization of certain license plates issued to veterans with disabilities.
Author:
Harless | Truitt
Last Action:
03/23/2011 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification; providing penalties.
Author:
Harless | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Legler | Nash
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the Finance Commission of Texas.
Author:
Harless
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the withdrawal of security by a bail bond surety.
Author:
Harless
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain persons to execute bail bonds and act as sureties.
Author:
Harless | Hilderbran | Villarreal | Ritter
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain dealer's heavy equipment inventory; providing penalties.
Author:
Harless
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to provision of bilingual election materials.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/14/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of certain requirements for certain customer-specific communications contracts.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/14/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the sale and use of fireworks by certain counties; providing penalties.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
03/18/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption:
Relating to the computer equipment recycling program; creating an offense.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
05/09/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the allocation to certain school districts of the expenses of a joint election.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/19/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of local law enforcement authorities to enforce certain laws regulating coin-operated machines; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Vintage Municipal Management District; providing authority to impose a tax, levy an assessment, and issue bonds.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
01/25/2011 H Reported enrolled: Jan 25 2011 8:58AM
Caption:
Congratulating Jack Burke, Jr., on receiving the 2011 William D. Richardson Award from the Golf Writers Association of America.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
02/15/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 15 2011 8:20AM
Caption:
Congratulating Georgia Dempster on her retirement as judge of the 308th Judicial District of Texas.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
02/09/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 9 2011 8:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 8, 2011, as Alliance of North Houston Chambers of Commerce Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Harless | Kolkhorst | Crownover | Truitt | Woolley
Last Action:
03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
03/17/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 17 2011 9:40AM
Caption:
Honoring Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman on her retirement.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
02/24/2011 H Filed
Caption:
Welcoming members of the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce to the State Capitol on February 28, 2011.
Author:
Harless | Davis, Sarah
Last Action:
03/14/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2011 8:00AM
Caption:
Welcoming members of the Greater Houston Women's Chamber of Commerce to the State Capitol on March 1, 2011.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
05/19/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 19 2011 8:00AM
Caption:
Congratulating Dr. David Anthony on his retirement as superintendent of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2011 12:00PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 30, 2011, as Comcast Cares Day.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
05/18/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 18 2011 9:00AM
Caption:
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 14.
Author:
Harless
Last Action:
05/31/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2011 10:50AM
Caption:
Commending Barbara Schlattman for her efforts to bring landscaped medians to FM 1960 in Northwest Houston.
Joint Author (26):
Author:
Thompson | Jackson, Jim | Madden | Harless | Menendez
Last Action:
04/07/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of those offenses.
Author:
Solomons | Bohac | Harless
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/24/2011 S Motion to suspend regular order fails
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.
Author:
Miller, Sid | Callegari | Harless | Kolkhorst | Patrick, Diane
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Smith, Todd | Martinez Fischer | Harless
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the criminal and civil consequences for certain intoxication offenses and to certain fees associated with the enforcement and administration of certain of those consequences.
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:
Parker | Murphy | Shelton | Flynn | Harless
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the offense of paying or receiving certain forms of compensation for facilitating the registration of voters; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Anchia | Weber | Thompson | Harless
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance.
Author:
Rodriguez, Eddie | Kolkhorst | Walle | Turner | Harless
Last Action:
03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of activities with respect to certain extensions of consumer credit.
Author:
Lewis | Aliseda | Branch | Harless | Pena
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.
Author:
Elkins | Harless
Last Action:
04/05/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to treatment under the public school finance system of school district revenue resulting from reduction or elimination of an optional homestead exemption.
Author:
Alvarado | Harless
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain transactions involving malt liquor containing certain stimulants.
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:
Thompson | Harless | Woolley | Howard, Donna | Dutton
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to spousal maintenance.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Pitts | Harless | Zerwas | Phillips
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Author:
Shelton | Harless
Last Action:
04/13/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to receive a sentence of community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
Author:
Turner | Harless
Last Action:
04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a suspension of the imposition of certain fees under certain conditions.
Author:
Hernandez Luna | Sheets | Thompson | Harless | Woolley
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that certain mammography reports contain information regarding supplemental breast cancer screening.
Author:
Truitt | Rodriguez, Eddie | Harless | Farias | McClendon
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12
Caption:
Relating to notice and disclosure requirements for certain credit services organizations regarding charges and consumer borrowing; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Truitt | Rodriguez, Eddie | Harless | Farias | McClendon
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to certain restrictions on deferred presentment transactions and motor vehicle certificate of title loans that a credit services organization obtains for a consumer or assists a consumer in obtaining.
Author:
Truitt | Rodriguez, Eddie | Harless | Farias | McClendon
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain credit services organizations and the regulation of certain extensions of consumer credit obtained by those organizations or with regard to which the organizations provide assistance; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Bohac | Fletcher | Deshotel | Chisum | Harless
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to provisions in the dedicatory instruments of property owners' associations regarding display of flags.
Author:
Hochberg | Harless
Last Action:
05/10/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to electronic voter registration.
Author:
Davis, Sarah | Harless
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to election practices and procedures pertaining to voters not included on the poll list.
Author:
Chisum | Pena | Harless | Keffer
Last Action:
05/10/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of unauthorized foreign nationals and to a biennial report regarding reported violations.
Author:
Thompson | Harless | Reynolds | Chisum | Miller, Doug
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to periodic rate adjustments by electric utilities.
Author:
Howard, Donna | Harless
Last Action:
02/03/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 3 2011 8:55AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 4, 2011, as National Wear Red Day.
Report | Texas Legislature Online

The digital content on TLO has been updated to align with the accessibility standards required by WCAG 2.1.