Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 63
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:
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:
Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.
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:
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:
Woolley | Paxton | Crabb
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eliminating automatic admission to certain public institutions of higher education based on high school grade point average.
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:
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:
Woolley
Coauthor:
Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Laubenberg | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Land & Resource Management
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
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:
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:
Brown, Betty | Paxton
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
03/11/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Paxton | Brown, Betty | Hancock
Coauthor:
Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools.
Author:
King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.
Author:
Thompson | Anchia | Burnam | Naishtat | Christian
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Chavez | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | Leibowitz | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.
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:
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:
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 | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.
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:
Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Kolkhorst | Laubenberg
Last Action:
02/23/2009 H Referred to County Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the creation of county databases containing information on county expenditures.
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:
Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Christian | Elkins | Harper-Brown | Laubenberg | Parker | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirement of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States for issuance or renewal of certain occupational licenses, driver's licenses, and identification certificates.
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:
Christian
Coauthor:
Laubenberg | Lucio III | Rodriguez
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/30/2009 H Conf. Comm. Report printed and distributed: May 30 2009 11:55PM
Caption:
Relating to creating an offense for engaging in certain conduct relating to cockfighting and to the criminal and civil consequences of committing that offense.
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:
Thompson
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Sponsor:
Jackson, Mike
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to reimbursement under preferred provider benefit plans for services provided by licensed podiatrists.
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:
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:
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:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions.
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:
Gattis | Oliveira | Paxton | Pena | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the procedure to be used by a taxing unit in adopting an ad valorem tax rate.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Christian | Aycock
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Harless | Laubenberg | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to establish uniform standards for publishing cost of attendance information, to conduct student course evaluations of faculty, and to make certain information available on the Internet.
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:
Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Creighton | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the availability of certain county financial information on certain counties' Internet websites.
Author:
Hartnett | Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the exclusion of certain payments from the total revenue of a qualified destination management company for purposes of the franchise tax.
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:
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:
Christian | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
03/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to procedures to help ensure that certain state agency rules are consistent with the meaning and intent of applicable legislative enactments.
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:
Menendez | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Gutierrez | Laubenberg
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to a transportation plan for persons furloughed or discharged from certain mental health facilities.
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:
Hardcastle | Madden
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the North Texas Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to issue bonds.
Author:
Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Bohac | Brown, Betty | Laubenberg | Paxton
Last Action:
02/18/2009 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Caption:
Declaring February 6, 2009, as Ronald Reagan Day.
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:
Isett | Berman
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | Crownover | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Urging the Congress of the United States to oppose any efforts to adopt the Employee Free Choice Act or any similar legislation.
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:
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:
King, Phil | Bohac | Flynn | Paxton | Christian
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Fletcher | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the rainy day fund and dedicating certain surplus revenues to property tax reduction.
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:
Callegari | Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Laubenberg
Last Action:
03/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund.