Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 51
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Hughes | Paxton | Madden | Lewis | Eiland
Coauthor:
Button | Guillen | Leibowitz | Miller, Doug | Miller, Sid | et al.
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the information displayed on certain licenses.
Author:
Chisum | Cohen | Naishtat | Thompson | Branch
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.
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 | 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:
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:
Brown, Betty | King, Phil | Flynn | Hughes
Coauthor:
Miller, Sid | Rose | Walle
Last Action:
03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the rates charged by a water and sewer utility.
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:
Driver | Menendez | Guillen | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Chavez | Miller, Sid | Veasey
Last Action:
05/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to injury leave and related benefits for certain state peace officers injured in the course of performance of duty.
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:
Flynn | Kolkhorst | McClendon
Coauthor:
Miller, Sid
Last Action:
04/27/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the abolishment of the Office of State-Federal Relations as an independent agency and the transfer of the duties and functions of that agency to the office of the governor.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Anderson | Aycock | Gonzalez Toureilles | Chisum
Coauthor:
Darby | Gallego | Guillen | Kleinschmidt | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation and administration of the rural veterinarian loan repayment 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:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.
Author:
Solomons | Bohac | Maldonado | Miller, Doug
Coauthor:
Branch | Button | Cook | Leibowitz | Miller, Sid | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the Internet broadcasting of Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT public hearings and meetings.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Hartnett | Moody | Madden
Coauthor:
Callegari | Miller, Sid | Pierson
Last Action:
05/08/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the right of certain child crime victims to a speedy trial and to be considered with respect to a defendant's motion for continuance.
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:
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:
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 | 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:
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:
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:
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:
Thompson | Hilderbran | England | Guillen | Hunter
Coauthor:
Castro | Cook | Dunnam | Flores | Geren | et al.
Sponsor:
Averitt
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Requesting the governor to appoint a Governor's Task Force on Horse and Greyhound Racing.
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.