Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Senfronia Thompson
76th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 111

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (86):
HB 143 Author: Thompson | Chavez | Reyna, Arthur
Sponsor: West, Royce
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 144 Author: Thompson | McClendon
Last Action: 03/15/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to minimum salaries for public school classroom teachers and librarians.

HB 145 Author: Thompson | Hill
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 05/29/1999 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption: Relating to garnishment of wages for the enforcement of court-ordered spousal maintenance.

HB 146 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/01/1999 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to grand jury proceedings.

HB 147 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/01/1999 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the application and collection of the state hotel occupancy tax.

HB 148 Author: Thompson | Dukes | Danburg
Last Action: 02/01/1999 H Referred to Civil Practices
Caption: Relating to providing individuals remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts; providing a penalty.

HB 327 Author: Thompson | Burnam
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the minimum wage.

HB 346 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the nonpartisan election of appellate justices and judges.

HB 400 Author: Thompson | Haggerty | Puente | Naishtat | Cuellar
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the creation and composition of certain district courts and to the duties of the district attorney of the 63rd Judicial District.

HB 401 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/24/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to group health insurance for retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 402 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/03/1999 H Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to the service of notice on certain public officials of the filing of a case or a judgment in a case in which certain laws or rules are alleged to be unconstitutional.

HB 638 Author: Thompson | Hill
Last Action: 02/04/1999 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption: Relating to providing alimony after the dissolution of certain marriages.

HB 639 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the assignment of certain retired or former judges as visiting judges.

HB 640 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/04/1999 H Referred to Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to withdrawal of a unit from a rapid transit authority.

HB 675 Author: Thompson | Williams
Last Action: 02/08/1999 H Referred to Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to withdrawal of a unit from a rapid transit authority.

HB 730 Author: Thompson | Hupp
Last Action: 03/03/1999 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to exempting gun safes from the sales tax.

HB 731 Author: Thompson | Clark
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record.

HB 777 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/03/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court in certain guardianship matters.

HB 778 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of a statutory probate court in certain matters relating to decedents' estates.

HB 779 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/06/1999 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to discharging certain criminal fines and costs by performing community service.

HB 780 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to designation of a municipal court judge as a member of a county bail bond board.

HB 797 Author: Thompson | Wise | Naishtat
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 05/06/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act.

HB 912 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 05/29/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to access to criminal history record information by a domestic relations office for a social study or a commissioners court for a county child welfare board member.

HB 913 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/03/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination in applications for employment and employment interviews.

HB 938 Author: Thompson | Haggerty | Danburg | Puente | Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/13/1999 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.

HB 1007 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/10/1999 H Referred to Business & Industry
Caption: Relating to providing notice of a foreclosure sale of real property.

HB 1123 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Cain
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the salaries of certain county court judges.

HB 1136 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to fees charged for certain services performed by county clerks in a pending probate action.

HB 1137 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the penalty imposed on certain persons who fail to timely pay or deliver abandoned property.

HB 1138 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/18/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to a branch office of a county clerk.

HB 1139 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/11/1999 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to service as a grand juror and information associated with that service.

HB 1140 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to notice to voter registrars concerning persons convicted of a felony.

HB 1141 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/28/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to public access to the names and addresses of parties in civil actions.

HB 1142 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to records of probate and guardianship proceedings.

HB 1167 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/12/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an employee of a personal bond office administering oaths to or taking an acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument from personal bond applicants.

HB 1168 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to security services in certain court buildings.

HB 1169 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/03/1999 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to records of fines and fees collected in criminal cases.

HB 1281 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/15/1999 H Referred to Public Safety
Caption: Relating to a notice to appear for certain traffic offenses.

HB 1282 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/08/1999 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the appointment of probate masters for certain courts.

HB 1309 Author: Thompson | Gutierrez
Last Action: 04/07/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the regulation of private process servers; providing penalties.

HB 1349 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/20/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a payment to a children's crisis intervention and assessment center by a defendant made as a condition of community supervision.

HB 1474 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/17/1999 H Referred to Civil Practices
Caption: Relating to public access to the names and addresses of parties in civil actions.

HB 1475 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to management and investment of trust assets.

HB 1476 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/17/1999 H Referred to Financial Institutions
Caption: Relating to exempting certain property from attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of debts.

HB 1603 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the deferred disposition of certain misdemeanor offenses.

HB 1604 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to certain procedures involving the ad valorem taxation of property owned or acquired by a religious organization.

HB 1605 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the transfer of cases by statutory probate courts.

HB 1606 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the assignment of visiting judges in certain county courts.

HB 1607 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a contested probate or guardianship matter.

HB 1608 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/22/1999 H Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain county judges to engage in the private practice of law.

HB 1609 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/12/1999 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to certain electronically created records used in a justice or municipal court.

HB 1851 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to guardianships and other related matters concerning incapacitated persons.

HB 1852 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the administration of and other matters relating to decedents' estates.

HB 1853 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/01/1999 H Referred to County Affairs
Caption: Relating to the fee charged by a county for holding and investing noncounty funds.

HB 1854 Author: Thompson | Coleman | Farrar | Turner, Sylvester | Gallego
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/26/1999 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to indigent care provided by the Harris County Hospital District.

HB 2049 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Madla
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the right of a person entitled to coverage under certain health and accident insurance policies to select certain health care practitioners.

HB 2050 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Madla
Last Action: 05/26/1999 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of acupuncture.

HB 2051 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Jackson
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Testimony taken in committee
Caption: Relating to classes of business for small employer health benefit plans.

HB 2052 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/04/1999 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to repealing the sales tax on security service.

HB 2053 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/12/1999 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the procedures governing the prosecution and administration of misdemeanor offenses in the jurisdiction of the justice and municipal courts.

HB 2533 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/22/1999 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to the assignment and docketing of cases filed in Harris County statutory probate courts.

HB 2534 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the appointment of retired or former judges as visiting judges of certain courts.

HB 2535 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: West, Royce
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the dismissal of certain offenses involving the failure to maintain financial responsibility for a motor vehicle.

HB 2709 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to court reporting firms.

HB 2710 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to unfair insurance practices.

HB 2711 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to restrictions on the deposit and investment of funds of a domestic insurance company.

HB 3304 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Sibley
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the books and records of certain insurers.

HB 3305 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/06/1999 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to money paid into the registry of courts in certain populous counties.

HB 3306 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/16/1999 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to persons who are authorized to sell marital aids and other devices designed to promote safe sexual practices.

HB 3307 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/06/1999 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to applications for coverage under the market assistance program operated by the Texas Department of Insurance.

HB 3308 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/13/1999 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the payment of certain costs incurred in connection with a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes.

HB 3309 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/12/1999 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Relating to the method of judicial selection for Harris County district and statutory county courts.

HB 3603 Author: Thompson | Davis, John | Eiland | Dukes | Seaman
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Testimony taken in committee
Caption: Relating to insurance claims and the control of insurance fraud.

HB 3854 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Lindsay
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the assignment and docketing of cases filed in Harris County statutory probate courts.

HCR 11 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/03/1999 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Memorializing the congress to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

HCR 63 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/22/1999 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption: Directing the Office of Court Administration to study and develop uniform guidelines for media pooling agreements for courtroom coverage.

HJR 16 Author: Thompson | Hill
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 05/20/1999 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize garnishment of wages for the enforcement of court-ordered spousal maintenance.

HJR 22 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/04/1999 H Referred to Judicial Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment granting the supreme court jurisdiction to answer questions of law certified from the court of criminal appeals and granting the court of criminal appeals jurisdiction to answer questions of law certified from the supreme court.

HJR 93 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 04/12/1999 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for a countywide referendum on various methods of judicial selection for Harris County district and statutory county courts.

HR 3 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 01/19/1999 H Reported enrolled: Jan 19 1999 2:44PM
Caption: Suspending the constitutional order of business.

HR 57 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 01/27/1999 H Reported enrolled: Jan 27 1999 7:58AM
Caption: Honoring the memory of Dr. John Osteen.

HR 124 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 02/17/1999 H Reported enrolled: Feb 17 1999 8:10AM
Caption: Honoring Mr. Thomas Lee Dove.

HR 409 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/12/1999 H Reported enrolled: Mar 12 1999 10:25AM
Caption: Extending best wishes to the clergy and members of Pine Oak "The Cornerstone" Missionary Baptist Church on the occasion of its 6th anniversary.

HR 467 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 03/18/1999 H Reported enrolled: Mar 18 1999 4:35PM
Caption: Honoring Ariel Rosado for earning the rank of Eagle Scout.

HR 1346 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/31/1999 H Reported enrolled: May 31 1999 8:10AM
Caption: Honoring the Crockett Colored High/Ralph J. Bunche High School Alumni, Ex-Students, and Teachers Association.

HR 1355 Author: Thompson
Last Action: 05/31/1999 H Reported enrolled: May 31 1999 8:10AM
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 400.

Joint Author (25):
HB 10 Author: Gallego | Thompson | Reyna, Arthur
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to nonpartisan elections for statewide judicial office, to the regulation of political contributions and expenditures in connection with statewide judicial office, and to the public financing of campaigns for statewide judicial office; providing civil and criminal penalties.

HB 66 Author: Greenberg | Coleman | Keffer | Naishtat | Thompson
Last Action: 02/01/1999 H Referred to Human Services
Caption: Relating to the provision of scholarships and wage supplementation for professional child-care workers.

HB 76 Author: Solomons | Marchant | Janek | Thompson
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 05/17/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to exempting certain individual retirement accounts from attachment, execution, and seizure for the satisfaction of debts.

HB 91 Author: Giddings | Thompson | Chavez | Clark | Danburg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation; imposing a penalty.

HB 93 Author: Reyna, Arthur | Thompson | Chavez | Pickett
Last Action: 03/02/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 132 Author: McClendon | Thompson | Cuellar
Last Action: 03/10/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an increase in the formula multiplier for the standard service retirement annuity from the Teacher Retirement System.

HB 271 Author: Hochberg | Naishtat | Danburg | Greenberg | Thompson
Last Action: 02/02/1999 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for an offense motivated by bias or prejudice.

HB 314 Author: Chavez | Thompson | Reyna, Arthur | Dukes
Last Action: 03/02/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

HB 544 Author: Staples | Hamric | Cuellar | Thompson | Greenberg
Last Action: 03/30/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; providing a penalty.

HB 804 Author: Gallego | Thompson | Cuellar
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to salaries and fees for services of certain prosecutors.

HB 820 Author: Naishtat | Coleman | Thompson | Turner, Sylvester
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain children's eligibility for medical assistance.

HB 821 Author: Tillery | Thompson | Danburg
Last Action: 04/07/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the suspension of a license to carry a concealed handgun issued to a person who commits family violence.

HB 928 Author: Junell | Thompson | Gallego
Last Action: 05/10/1999 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the annual salary supplement paid by the state to certain county judges.

HB 944 Author: Craddick | Thompson | Hamric | Culberson
Last Action: 04/19/1999 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to exempting Internet access service from the sales tax.

HB 1294 Author: Ehrhardt | Salinas | Thompson | Clark | Tillery
Last Action: 03/24/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a statewide group insurance program for employees and retirees of school districts.

HB 1649 Author: Hunter | Wise | Isett | Thompson | Jones, Delwin
Last Action: 04/26/1999 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption: Relating to procedures for retirement of the Texas flag.

HB 1689 Author: Greenberg | Rangel | Thompson | Tillery | Keffer
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain child-care workers.

HB 2076 Author: Hochberg | Thompson
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the definition of hazardous routes for pupil transportation.

HB 2139 Author: Gutierrez | Cuellar | Thompson | Danburg
Last Action: 05/10/1999 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to compensation for public school classroom teachers and full-time librarians for additional days of service.

HB 2425 Author: Coleman | Thompson
Last Action: 04/16/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of inpatient mental health services to certain incapacitated persons.

HB 2609 Author: Greenberg | Coleman | Keffer | Naishtat | Thompson
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the provision of scholarships, bonuses, and wage supplementation for professional child-care workers.

HB 2793 Author: Gutierrez | West, George "Buddy" | Cuellar | Thompson | Moreno, Joe
Last Action: 05/12/1999 H Failed to pass to engrossment
Caption: Relating to motor vehicle insurance verification and creating the motor vehicle insurance verification program; providing administrative and criminal penalties.

HB 2865 Author: Farrar | Thompson | Coleman | Davis, John
Last Action: 03/30/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of the research university fund.

HB 3558 Author: Hochberg | Thompson
Last Action: 04/22/1999 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the method by which allotments are reduced to fund certain programs within the foundation school programs.

HB 3600 Author: McClendon | Thompson
Sponsor: West, Royce
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the taxation of small quantities of cigarettes imported into this state from a foreign country.

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