Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 70
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:
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:
Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.
Author:
Pena | King, Phil | Farabee | Bonnen | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Deshotel | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
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:
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:
Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Turner, Sylvester | Edwards
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Eissler | Hamilton | Legler | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition on the disclosure and use of certain information recorded or collected by a transponder used to electronically assess or collect a toll.
Author:
Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Edwards | Crownover
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Button | Chavez | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the electronic distribution of information to legislators by state agencies.
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:
Darby | Fletcher
Coauthor:
Aycock | Button | Gallego | Legler | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the penalty for theft from a nonprofit organization or by Medicare providers.
Author:
Howard, Donna | Eiland | Ritter | Elkins | Taylor
Coauthor:
Bohac | Legler | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Jackson, Mike
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption:
Relating to ad valorem tax relief for an owner of certain property, including a residence homestead that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage, and to a restriction on the authority to bring an action to remove a house that is partially located on a public beach as a result of a meteorological event.
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:
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:
Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings
Coauthor:
Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient.
Author:
Eiland
Coauthor:
Legler
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to installment payments of ad valorem taxes on property in a disaster area.
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:
Eissler
Coauthor:
Callegari | Edwards | Legler | Miller, Sid
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to participation in job training and employment assistance programs by veterans and other covered persons.
Author:
Walle | Martinez Fischer | Moody | Ortiz, Jr. | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | Dutton | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of graffiti and to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of that offense or on juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of that offense.
Author:
Howard, Donna
Coauthor:
Legler
Sponsor:
Uresti
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authorization of physicians and therapeutic optometrists to dispense therapeutic contact lenses.
Author:
Vo | Callegari
Coauthor:
Bohac | Legler | Woolley
Last Action:
05/01/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the ballot language for junior college district annexation elections.
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:
Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.
Author:
Keffer
Coauthor:
Bohac | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kleinschmidt | Legler | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain volunteer firefighters enrolled in fire science courses.
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:
King, Phil | Hughes | Anderson | Isett | Flynn
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Christian | Crownover | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.
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:
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:
Crownover | Hardcastle | Farabee | Chisum | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor:
Callegari | Creighton | Keffer | Legler | Miller, Sid
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the plugging of certain inactive oil or gas wells and to standards for electrical power lines serving certain oil and gas facilities.
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:
Menendez | Corte | McClendon | Castro | McReynolds
Coauthor:
Guillen | Legler
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
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:
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:
Maldonado | Corte | Fletcher | Pena | Edwards
Coauthor:
Callegari | Legler | Leibowitz | Miller, Sid | Moody | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the reinstatement of a firefighter or police officer to a previously held position based on seniority on the return of another firefighter or police officer from a military leave of absence.
Author:
Alvarado | Howard, Charlie | Villarreal | Taylor
Coauthor:
Bohac | Legler
Sponsor:
Jackson, Mike
Last Action:
05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a pilot program to provide certain taxable entities with a franchise tax credit for the acquisition and installation of certain air quality monitoring devices to monitor the emission of air contaminants.
Author:
Smith, Todd | Guillen | Fletcher
Coauthor:
Callegari | Legler | Miller, Sid
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to taking or attempting to take a weapon from a commissioned security officer.
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:
Otto
Coauthor:
Creighton | Legler | Miller, Doug | Parker | Quintanilla
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/30/2009 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the value of property for ad valorem tax purposes, including appeals of appraisal review board orders determining protests of property value determinations, and the use of certain values by school districts in adopting tax rates.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Hilderbran | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Aycock | Button | Callegari | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Button | Callegari | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Anderson | Miller, Sid | Button | Branch | Hartnett
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Chisum | Christian | Driver | Fletcher | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Extending appreciation to former president George W. Bush for his service to our state and nation.
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:
Corte | Hilderbran | Anderson | Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor:
Harper-Brown | Legler | Leibowitz | Orr | Pena | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing constitutional amendments limiting the public taking of private property, establishing the national research university fund to fund emerging research universities, and eliminating the higher education fund.
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:
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:
Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Legler
Last Action:
05/27/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 27 2009 7:45AM
Caption:
In memory of Mary Jane Krueger of Bellville.