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:
Leibowitz | Bohac | Kolkhorst | Zerwas | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Christian | Gonzalez Toureilles | Hardcastle | Hughes | Maldonado | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Author:
Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Branch | Cohen | Patrick | Crabb
Coauthor:
Bohac | Button | Crownover | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the automatic admission of undergraduate students to general academic teaching institutions.
Author:
Martinez, "Mando" | Lucio III | Herrero | Guillen
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Hughes
Last Action:
02/12/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to a cost of living increase applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
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:
Jackson, Jim | Brown, Betty | Legler | Flynn | Paxton
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the cancellation of the voter registration and to the eligibility to vote of persons who are deceased or not citizens of the United States.
Author:
Callegari | Brown, Fred | Lewis | Eiland
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Hughes
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to supplemental annuity payments by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.
Author:
Allen | Miklos | Dutton | Hodge | Olivo
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Chisum | Laubenberg | Flynn
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Fred | Hughes | Weber
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to marriage education courses for certain couples filing for divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
Author:
Herrero | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to a cost of living increase applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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:
Paxton | Keffer | Zerwas | Truitt
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to allowing persons acquiring a new residence homestead to receive an ad valorem tax exemption on the homestead in the year in which the property is acquired.
Author:
Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
Author:
Parker | Flynn | Ortiz, Jr. | Creighton | Pickett
Coauthor:
Anderson | Callegari | Crabb | Hamilton | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the voters of a county to allow the owners of certain real property to require that county and any municipal ad valorem taxes be imposed on that real property on the basis of a five-year average of the property's value.
Author:
Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents.
Author:
Frost | Farabee | Lucio III | McReynolds | Driver
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.
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:
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:
Christian | Gattis | Miller, Sid | Anderson | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.
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:
Hartnett
Coauthor:
Callegari | Elkins | Hughes | Miller, Sid
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to license requirements and fees for certain child-care programs operated by public or private schools.
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:
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:
Isett
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Callegari | Cohen | Fletcher | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists.
Author:
Berman | Kleinschmidt | Bonnen | Weber | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Frost | Hopson | Hughes | Jones | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.
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:
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:
McClendon | Bohac
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
03/09/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to one-time supplemental payments of retirement and death benefits by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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:
Hancock | Martinez Fischer | Rodriguez | Smith, Todd | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | Crownover | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to mediation of out-of-network health benefit claim disputes concerning enrollees, facility-based physicians, and certain health benefit plans; imposing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Eiland | Truitt | Bonnen | Herrero
Coauthor:
Davis, John | Gonzalez Toureilles | Hardcastle | Hughes | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to a one-time supplemental annuity payment by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Isett
Coauthor:
Callegari | Flynn | Gutierrez | Hughes | Legler | et al.
Last Action:
04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway or street under its jurisdiction by an automated traffic control system.
Author:
Miller, Doug | Truitt | Herrero | Hunter | Gutierrez
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Fred | Button | Christian | Davis, John | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Crownover
Coauthor:
Branch | Hughes | Legler | Sheffield | Weber
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of projects involving the capture, injection, sequestration, or geologic storage of carbon dioxide.
Author:
Callegari | Leibowitz | Gonzalez Toureilles | Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Davis, John | Gutierrez | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the landowner's bill of rights.
Author:
Naishtat
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a home- and community-based services workforce council.
Author:
Gattis | Vaught | Riddle
Coauthor:
Gallego | Hughes
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to cottage food production operations.
Author:
Callegari
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Hughes | Paxton
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues.
Author:
McClendon | Bohac
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
03/19/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption:
Relating to the cost of health insurance for certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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:
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:
Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Chisum | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General.
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:
Weber
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Flynn | Harless | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing school district employees to make charitable contributions.
Author:
Weber | Bonnen | Taylor | Eiland
Coauthor:
Hughes
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a self-determination pilot program by the Department of Aging and Disability Services.
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:
Oliveira | Paxton | Hopson | Callegari | Creighton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/16/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.
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:
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:
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:
Harless | Laubenberg | Branch
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.
Author:
Kent
Coauthor:
Allen | Anderson | Bolton | Cook | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
02/20/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 20 2009 8:10AM
Caption:
Welcoming a delegation from Baylor University to the State Capitol on February 19, 2009.
Author:
Anderson
Coauthor:
Hughes | Keffer | King, Susan | Lucio III | Rios Ybarra
Last Action:
03/26/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 26 2009 7:53AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 24, 2009, as Texas State Technical College Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Riddle | Kent | Anderson
Coauthor:
Bolton | Davis, John | Dunnam | Eiland | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption:
In memory of Brendon Chase Mooney of Spring.