Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 54
Author:
Otto
Coauthor:
Allen | Berman | Bohac | Crabb | Elkins | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal of property, including residence homesteads, for ad valorem tax purposes.
Author:
Orr | Pitts | Callegari | Veasey | Pickett
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eminent domain, including certain limitations, procedures, and standards relating to the use of eminent domain.
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:
Aycock | Moody | Menendez | Berman | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Crabb | Darby | Davis, John | King, Phil | McReynolds | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans.
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:
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:
Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Button | Crabb | Elkins | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
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:
Bohac | Harless
Coauthor:
Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Berman | Flynn | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Elkins | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Last Action:
02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to regulating the provision of benefits and services to, and the verification of the employment status of, immigrants and to enforcing laws relating to immigrants; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Author:
Harper-Brown | Christian
Coauthor:
Allen | Crabb | Driver | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.
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:
Brown, Betty | Flynn
Coauthor:
King, Phil
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to the use of certain voting equipment in a city election that is not held jointly with an election in which a federal office appears on the ballot.
Author:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Laubenberg | Legler | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to requiring the Texas Education Agency to prepare a report regarding public education mandates.
Author:
Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.
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:
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:
Christian | Berman
Coauthor:
Flynn | King, Phil
Last Action:
04/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to drug testing of certain persons seeking or receiving financial assistance benefits.
Author:
Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.
Author:
Hughes | Paxton | Bonnen | Lewis | Callegari
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.
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:
Bohac
Coauthor:
Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation by certain school districts and other taxing units in Harris County.
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:
Lewis | Pitts | Craddick | Swinford
Coauthor:
King, Phil
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the population of a county required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program.
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:
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:
Isett | Paxton | Crabb | Christian
Coauthor:
Berman | Geren | Jones | King, Phil | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action:
04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to ad valorem tax relief.
Author:
Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Bohac | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt
Last Action:
04/20/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.
Author:
Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.
Author:
Paxton | Edwards | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.
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:
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:
Gattis
Coauthor:
King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the administration of appraisal districts.
Author:
Flynn | Callegari
Coauthor:
King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Weber
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedure used by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in acting on certain applications for a permit, permit amendment, or permit renewal for a nuclear electric generation facility.
Author:
Hardcastle | Deshotel | Solomons | Swinford | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor:
King, Phil
Last Action:
04/01/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of and incentives for projects involving the capture, transportation, injection, sequestration, geologic storage, or abatement of carbon dioxide.
Author:
Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
Gattis | Isett | Veasey | Truitt | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Chavez | Edwards | Eissler | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.
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:
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:
Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the teaching of science in public schools.
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:
Rios Ybarra | Olivo | Guillen | Ortiz, Jr. | Herrero
Coauthor:
King, Phil
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the change of the name of Texas A&M University--Kingsville to Texas A&I University.
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:
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:
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:
Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor:
Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Anderson | Paxton
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a rate of the franchise tax be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
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.