Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 68
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:
Leibowitz | Bohac | Kolkhorst | Zerwas | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Christian | Gonzalez Toureilles | Hardcastle | Hughes | Maldonado | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
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:
Riddle | Flynn | Christian
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2009 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote and accepting a voter at a polling place.
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:
Lucio III | Jackson, Jim | Martinez, "Mando" | Edwards | Herrero
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Chavez | Farias | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a medical assistance buy-in program for children with certain developmental disabilities.
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:
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:
Strama | Guillen | Aycock
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
02/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the absence of a student from public school to visit with a parent who has been or will be deployed to a combat zone.
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:
Paxton | Hughes | Taylor | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Sheffield
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the preparation by the Legislative Budget Board of a dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees.
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:
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:
Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating 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:
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:
Flynn | Woolley | Riddle | Weber | Madden
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to service of process in this state.
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
Coauthor:
Driver | Giddings | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Sheffield
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/20/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption:
Relating to the circumstances in which the approval of the governing body of a taxing unit is required for refunds of overpayments or erroneous payments of ad valorem taxes.
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 | 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:
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:
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:
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:
Chisum | Hancock | Burnam | Hartnett
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the development of carbon dioxide capture and sequestration in this state.
Author:
Davis, John
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the disposition of cash in possession of a deceased pauper.
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:
Solomons
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to state travel policies and procedures for the reimbursement or payment of travel expenses.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
05/04/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to a temporary franchise tax discount for job creation and retention.
Author:
Harper-Brown | Taylor
Coauthor:
Parker | Sheffield
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the franchise tax rates.
Author:
Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption from 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:
Harper-Brown | Homer | Rose
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the continuation and functions of the Parks and Wildlife Department; changing the elements of an offense.
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:
Gonzales
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to retirement benefits for certain teachers.
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:
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:
Vaught | Kent | Miklos | Zerwas | Truitt
Coauthor:
Sheffield | Shelton
Last Action:
04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of fraud upon certain practitioners; creating an offense and providing criminal penalties.
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:
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:
Allen
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
05/12/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
Congratulating Duncan Elementary School in Fort Hood on its receipt of the 2009 Texas State School of Character Award.
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:
Elkins
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
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:
Davis, John
Coauthor:
Sheffield
Last Action:
04/02/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 2 2009 8:10AM
Caption:
Congratulating George and Laura Murphy of Salado on their 40th wedding anniversary.