Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Rick Hardcastle
76th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 32

HB 2 Author: Swinford | Hawley | Hilderbran | Turner, Bob | Flores
Coauthor: Chisum | Christian | Isett | Keffer | Walker | et al.
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 05/29/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to agriculture and state agricultural policy.

HB 323 Author: Brown, Fred
Coauthor: Berman | Hardcastle | Jones, Charles | Najera | Swinford | et al.
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts.

HB 382 Author: Chisum
Coauthor: Berman | Hardcastle | Swinford | Howard | Counts | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to placing a child in a foster home or adoptive home.

HB 383 Author: Chisum
Coauthor: Berman | Hardcastle | Swinford | Christian | Wohlgemuth | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage.

HB 423 Author: Turner, Bob | Dukes | Krusee | Greenberg | Walker
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Ellis, Dan | Brown, Fred | Hardcastle | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the subdivision of land outside a municipality.

HB 432 Author: Turner, Bob | Madden | Keffer
Coauthor: Hardcastle
Last Action: 04/07/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to legislative review and gubernatorial suspension of certain rules of state agencies.

HB 455 Author: Clark | Uresti | Christian | Edwards
Coauthor: Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | Denny | Hardcastle | et al.
Last Action: 02/04/1999 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to regulation of certain body piercing facilities.

HB 623 Author: Delisi | Christian | Turner, Sylvester | Culberson | Junell
Coauthor: Green | Wohlgemuth | Brown, Betty | Berman | Denny | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to parental notification before an abortion may be performed on certain minors; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 704 Author: Shields | Hawley | Green | Berman | Christian
Coauthor: Hope | Ehrhardt | Allen | Averitt | Bailey | et al.
Last Action: 03/29/1999 H Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a teacher's right of refusal following an assault by a student and allowing school districts the option of expelling students for assaulting school district employees.

HB 713 Author: Cuellar | Rangel | Capelo | Uresti | Brown, Fred
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Alexander | Alvarado | Averitt | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant program and the Teach for Texas Grant Program; consolidating and revising financial aid, grant, and scholarship programs; and providing for the education, certification, and recruitment of teachers and faculty instructors.

HB 989 Author: Craddick | Junell | Hawley | West, George "Buddy" | Chisum
Coauthor: Capelo | Cook | Counts | Culberson | George | et al.
Last Action: 02/10/1999 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to a temporary exemption from the severance tax for oil and gas produced from wells under certain market conditions.

HB 1120 Author: Najera
Coauthor: Berman | Brown, Fred | Davis, Yvonne | Ehrhardt | Ellis, Dan | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/1999 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to exceptions to public school class size limits granted by the commissioner of education.

HB 1195 Author: Hodge | Smith | Grusendorf
Coauthor: Alvarado | Averitt | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/1999 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to authorizing school districts to offer drug testing programs.

HB 1200 Author: Crabb | Keel | Talton
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Bailey | Bonnen | Bosse | et al.
Sponsor: Lindsay
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Tagged in committee
Caption: Relating to the disannexation of certain areas annexed on or after December 1, 1996, by certain municipalities.

HB 1418 Author: Seaman | Yarbrough | Solis, Jim | Cuellar | McReynolds
Coauthor: Alexander | Allen | Averitt | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to optional career and technology education programs offered by public school districts and a study of career and technology education programs.

HB 1561 Author: Green | Hupp | Wilson | Nixon, Joe | Turner, Bob
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of governmental entities to bring suit against a firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or seller.

HB 1568 Author: Keffer | Turner, Bob | Cook | Counts | Walker
Coauthor: Alexander | Craddick | Farabee | Hardcastle
Last Action: 04/20/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to school finance.

HB 1638 Author: King, Phil | Brown, Fred | Brimer | Longoria
Coauthor: Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Craddick | Culberson | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to parental consent before an abortion may be performed on a minor.

HB 1701 Author: Van de Putte | Goodman | Lewis, Ron | Turner, Sylvester | Cook
Coauthor: Berman | Keel | Siebert | West, George "Buddy" | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 04/13/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of telecommunications utilities and to the provision of telecommunications and related services.

HB 1713 Author: Ellis, Dan
Coauthor: Moreno, Joe | Berman | Hardcastle | Ritter | Hunter | et al.
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 05/29/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the harassment of persons by individuals imprisoned or confined in adult or juvenile correctional facilities; creating an offense.

HB 1716 Author: Hupp | Clark | Turner, Bob | Green | Wilson
Coauthor: Shields | Jones, Charles | Berman | Krusee | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to certain suits against firearms or ammunition manufacturers, trade associations, or sellers.

HB 1971 Author: Zbranek | Gray | Eiland | Crabb
Coauthor: Deshotel | Hardcastle | Janek | Seaman
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the regulation and promotion of the oyster industry in this state.

HB 2000 Author: Turner, Bob | Telford | Brimer | Walker | Ramsay
Coauthor: Christian | Cook | Crabb | Hardcastle | Homer | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 05/13/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the ratification of the Southern Dairy Compact; providing civil penalties.

HB 2117 Author: Nixon, Joe
Coauthor: Alexander | Allen | Alvarado | Averitt | Bailey | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the authority of a school district to permit certain persons to perform teaching services or to provide teachers for the district in lieu of paying ad valorem taxes owed to the district.

HB 2290 Author: Isett | Gallego | Clark
Coauthor: Berman | Brimer | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.
Last Action: 04/14/1999 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to a review that health care benefits be provided under certain health benefit plans.

HB 2680 Author: Sadler | Christian | McReynolds | Staples | Ellis, Dan
Coauthor: Ritter | Berman | Telford | Pitts | Hope | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exemptions from ad valorem and sales and use taxation of certain timber and certain items used in timber operations and the valuation of certain timber land for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 3461 Author: Madden | Denny | Marchant | Swinford | Hupp
Coauthor: Allen | Clark | Corte | Crabb | Craddick | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/1999 H Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain political contributions and political expenditures; providing civil and criminal penalties.

HJR 21 Author: Wohlgemuth | Davis, John | Christian | Brown, Betty | Jones, Charles
Coauthor: Hartnett | Allen | Averitt | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 04/06/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the membership of each house of the legislature to enact certain tax bills.

HJR 72 Author: Hamric | Allen | Turner, Bob | Van de Putte | Davis, Yvonne
Coauthor: Denny | Jones, Delwin | Hunter | Mowery | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain leased motor vehicles not held primarily for the production of income.

HR 82 Author: Cuellar
Coauthor: Hodge | Hunter | Berman | Clark | Hardcastle | et al.
Last Action: 02/02/1999 H Reported enrolled: Feb 2 1999 7:45PM
Caption: Designating February 3, 1999, as United Way Day at the Capitol.

HR 558 Author: Wohlgemuth
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Berman | Bonnen | Brimer | et al.
Last Action: 04/15/1999 H Reported enrolled: Apr 15 1999 6:34PM
Caption: Honoring Pulitzer Prize winner Ken Towery of Austin.

HR 573 Author: Shields | Talton | Heflin | Culberson | Craddick
Coauthor: Alexander | Allen | Berman | Bonnen | Brimer | et al.
Last Action: 04/06/1999 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Memorializing the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution to prohibit federal courts from ordering or instructing any state or political subdivision thereof, or an official of any state or political subdivision, to levy or increase taxes.

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