Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Scott Hochberg
76th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 57

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (50):
HB 8 Author: Hochberg | Telford | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Cuellar
Last Action: 04/20/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to compensation and preparation of public school teachers and the financing thereof.

HB 210 Author: Hochberg | Gutierrez
Last Action: 03/31/1999 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the standard of alcohol concentration used in defining the term "intoxicated" for the purposes of certain offenses involving intoxication.

HB 211 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Sibley
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to compliance by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools with the public information law and the open meetings law and to the governance of an open-enrollment charter school.

HB 212 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 03/02/1999 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to prohibiting jury-recommended community supervision for a defendant convicted of murder.

HB 213 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to certain claims for health care services.

HB 214 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 02/02/1999 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to presumptions in the prosecution of the offense of theft.

HB 215 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/27/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the conditions of release on bond for a defendant charged with the offense of stalking.

HB 216 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to videotaping of a child by a school district employee.

HB 217 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective with 1999-2000 school year
Caption: Relating to excused absences from public school attendance for the purpose of observing religious holy days.

HB 264 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Cain
Last Action: 05/21/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a change of beneficiary by a retiree of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.

HB 265 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Failed to pass to engrossment
Caption: Relating to the authority with whom an application for a place on the general primary election ballot for a legislative office is required to be filed.

HB 271 Author: Hochberg | Naishtat | Danburg | Greenberg | Thompson
Last Action: 02/02/1999 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an offense motivated by bias or prejudice.

HB 509 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to disputes concerning enforcement of deed restrictions in justice court.

HB 601 Author: Hochberg | Christian | Wolens | Chisum | Cuellar
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to government restrictions on the exercise of religion.

HB 634 Author: Hochberg | Giddings
Last Action: 03/16/1999 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the payment of workers' compensation benefits to certain claimants with multiple employment.

HB 729 Author: Hochberg | Giddings
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to certain requirements for an insurance carrier that pays workers' compensation benefits.

HB 873 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Lindsay
Last Action: 05/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation for property of certain nonprofit organizations while improvements are under construction.

HB 877 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the academic excellence indicator system used to evaluate public schools.

HB 1242 Author: Hochberg | Cuellar | Flores | Hilbert | Williams
Last Action: 04/20/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the state funding for school district debt service.

HB 1314 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/17/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to authorizing The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to offer certain professional degree programs.

HB 1491 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the employment of certain physicians by a private medical school.

HB 1642 Author: Hochberg | Berman
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/11/1999 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the treatment of property in certain reinvestment zones for purposes of school finance.

HB 1825 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to allowing certain school districts to conduct an election by mail ballots.

HB 1826 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to supplemental income benefits under the workers' compensation system.

HB 1827 Author: Hochberg | Coleman
Last Action: 05/10/1999 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to information to be included on a driver's license.

HB 2075 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Cain
Last Action: 06/08/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the public notice required to be provided by a school district before adopting a proposed budget and tax rate.

HB 2076 Author: Hochberg | Thompson
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the definition of hazardous routes for pupil transportation.

HB 2309 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 03/09/1999 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to paramilitary training organizations; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2551 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/06/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the applicability of open-records and open-meetings statutes to open-enrollment charter schools.

HB 2552 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to academic standards and assessments for Texas school children.

HB 2553 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Bivins
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to performance reviews of school districts by the comptroller.

HB 3011 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Posting rule suspended
Caption: Relating to the funding and operation of the Harris County Psychiatric Center.

HB 3012 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to sanctions imposed on low-performing public school campuses.

HB 3013 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to curriculum requirements for certain public school students.

HB 3539 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/06/1999 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to criminal history searches required to be performed by state agencies.

HB 3558 Author: Hochberg | Thompson
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the method by which allotments are reduced to fund certain programs within the foundation school programs.

HB 3774 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 03/18/1999 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to exempting from the sales and use tax motor vehicle parking and storage services provided by certain parking facilities.

HCR 41 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 02/02/1999 H Referred to Rules & Resolutions
Caption: Honoring Dr. Michael E. DeBakey for his pioneering medical inventions and surgical achievements.

HCR 240 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Referred to Civil Practices
Caption: Granting 2646 South Loop West Limited Partnership permission to sue the state and the office of the attorney general.

HCR 298 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make technical corrections in H.B. No. 1491.

HJR 45 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the distribution of the Permanent School Fund.

HR 27 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 03/26/1999 H Reported enrolled: Mar 26 1999 7:36AM
Caption: In memory of Litrelle Templeton Levy.

HR 43 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 01/26/1999 H Reported enrolled: Jan 26 1999 8:00AM
Caption: Honoring Dr. Michael E. DeBakey for his pioneering medical inventions and surgical achievements.

HR 59 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 03/25/1999 H Reported enrolled: Mar 25 1999 8:45PM
Caption: Honoring Joe Samuels.

HR 99 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 03/25/1999 H Reported enrolled: Mar 25 1999 8:45PM
Caption: Congratulating Dr. Ferid Murad on being named a Nobel Laureate in Medicine for 1998.

HR 410 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/08/1999 H Reported enrolled: Apr 8 1999 3:02PM
Caption: Congratulating Madeleine Appel on her receipt of the Helene Susman Woman of Prominence Award.

HR 699 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 04/30/1999 H Reported enrolled: Apr 30 1999 6:10PM
Caption: Honoring Cluster C 3-5 at the Rice School/La Escuela Rice in Houston.

HR 1168 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/25/1999 H Reported enrolled: May 25 1999 9:23PM
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.J.R. No. 12.

HR 1240 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/28/1999 H Reported enrolled: May 28 1999 8:30PM
Caption: Commending Ms.Joyce M. Moore for 31 years of service with Petersen Elementary School in Houston.

HR 1295 Author: Hochberg
Last Action: 05/30/1999 H Reported enrolled: May 30 1999 1:15PM
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 138.

Joint Author (7):
HB 938 Author: Thompson | Haggerty | Danburg | Puente | Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/13/1999 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.

HB 1399 Author: Coleman | Hochberg
Last Action: 03/15/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the Teach for Texas Program.

HB 1433 Author: Hunter | Delisi | Hochberg | Cuellar | West, George "Buddy"
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 05/14/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to expanding the TexShare library consortium.

HB 1646 Author: Ehrhardt | Maxey | Hochberg | Coleman
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the standards for occupational exposure of public employees to bloodborne pathogens.

HB 1840 Author: Uher | Hochberg
Sponsor: Brown, J. E. "Buster"
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to authorizing the board of regents of The University of Texas System to acquire certain properties for campus expansion and other university purposes.

HB 2172 Author: Luna, Vilma | Hochberg
Sponsor: Cain
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to school district compliance with special education laws.

HJR 57 Author: Danburg | Chisum | Hochberg
Last Action: 04/06/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment permitting an equity loan to be secured by one or more lots containing all or part of an urban homestead plus other real property; relating to when payment may be required on a reverse mortgage; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the interpretation of the home equity lending law by a state agency.

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