Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 35
Author:
Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
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:
Anderson | Martinez, "Mando" | Hopson | Zerwas | Shelton
Coauthor:
Driver | Homer | Howard, Charlie | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the addition of Salvia divinorum and its derivatives and extracts to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
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:
Zerwas | Bonnen | Flynn | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Elkins | Keffer | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to undocumented immigrants.
Author:
Zerwas | Rose | Cohen | Dukes | Thompson
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bohac | Darby | Edwards | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for routine patient care costs for enrollees participating in certain clinical trials.
Author:
Rose | Strama | Rodriguez | Harless | Parker
Coauthor:
Aycock | Castro | Edwards | Frost | Gallego | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit certain small businesses and certain projects.
Author:
Harless | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Elkins | Harper-Brown | King, Susan | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.
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:
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:
Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Ortiz, Jr. | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund.
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:
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:
Otto | Ritter
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Fred | Farabee | Jackson, Jim | King, Susan | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to requirements that fire sprinkler systems be installed in certain dwellings.
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:
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:
Pierson | Vaught | Dukes | Kent | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Bolton | Burnam | King, Susan
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to newborn screening and the creation of the Newborn Screening Advisory Committee.
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:
Zerwas | Hartnett | Martinez, "Mando" | Branch
Coauthor:
King, Susan | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to adoption of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; providing criminal penalties.
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:
Leibowitz | Howard, Donna | Miller, Sid | Edwards
Coauthor:
Callegari | King, Susan | Legler
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the abolition of the Texas cultural endowment fund.
Author:
Chavez | Pitts | Harless | Castro | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Gutierrez | King, Susan | Moody | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a reporting requirement regarding the Texas emerging technology fund.
Author:
Shelton | Zerwas | Rose | Pitts | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Coleman | Davis, John | Dukes | Gonzales | Hartnett | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.
Author:
Harless | Gattis | Rodriguez | Kent | Bolton
Coauthor:
Cook | Eiland | Gonzales | Hardcastle | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the use and management of dedicated funds by the state.
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:
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:
Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/31/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Swinford | Lewis | Craddick | Jones | Chisum
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | King, Susan | Merritt
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to designate the overpass at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 338 in Odessa as the Buddy West Memorial Overpass.
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:
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:
Shelton
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
03/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 19 2009 7:50AM
Caption:
Welcoming participants in the First Tuesdays program of the Texas Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association Alliance.
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.