Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. John Zerwas
80th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 6/9/2026
Number of Bills: 64

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (44):
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the filing for record of a plat or replat of a subdivision of real property.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/29/2007 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption:
Relating to the manner of recording documents filed with a county clerk.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition of signs on certain roads.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to expedited credentialing for certain physicians providing services under a managed care plan.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the date by which a prosecuting attorney may appeal certain orders, rulings, or sentences in a criminal case and to the posting of notice for a criminal court docket.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
02/27/2007 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated robbery.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/28/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/27/2007 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to the powers of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 182, including powers related to the construction, maintenance, operation, and financing of roads or turnpikes.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/27/2007 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Fort Bend County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/27/2007 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Zerwas | Howard, Charlie
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a tow truck rotation list in certain counties; providing a penalty.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/07/2007 H Referred to Law Enforcement
Caption:
Relating to persons who may be ordered to take a blood sample from the body of a person who died as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/13/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds for Prairie View A&M University.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation to enter real property for a toll project.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to coverage for bariatric surgical procedures for certain state employees.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption:
Relating to the appointment of associate judges in the district courts in Waller County.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/11/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the identification of certain practitioners of the healing arts; providing civil and criminal penalties.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/23/2007 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to the reconstitution of a jury wheel for a county.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/22/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of opticians.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/22/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the registration and regulation of surgical technologists; providing penalties.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/11/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to adoption of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 4; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 58; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 190; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 2; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Willow Creek Farms Municipal Utility District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Waller County Municipal Utility District No. 3; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Zerwas
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
04/25/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating September 2007 as Leukemia and Lymphoma Awareness Month.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2007 7:50AM
Caption:
Welcoming the 2006-2007 class of Leadership Wharton County to the State Capitol.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 5 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Honoring Bridget Yeung on her receipt of the 2007 Vicki Hamilton Award from the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 5 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
In memory of Melba Rose Cook Birkner and recognizing the Honorable Otha Wyatt "Skeet" Birkner for his generous donation to the Wharton County Historical Museum.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 5 2007 6:47PM
Caption:
Commending Alice Heard for her rescue of a drowning child and congratulating her on her receipt of the Citizen of the Year Award from the Wharton Police Department.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 5 2007 6:47PM
Caption:
Congratulating El Campo Little League, the 2006 Junior League Baseball World Series Champion, on receiving the Achiever of the Year Award from the El Campo Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 5 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Honoring Rita Myatt Radley on being named El Campo's 2006 Citizen of the Year.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/13/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 13 2007 9:33AM
Caption:
Congratulating Ursula Coates on her receipt of the 2006 Chairman's Award from the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/01/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 1 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 26, 2007, as Waller County Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 14 2007 7:50AM
Caption:
In memory of Stephen Robert Sandler.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
04/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 5 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Honoring Sergeant Matthew Clayton Phelps for his service in Iraq.
Author:
Zerwas | Cook, Robby | Geren | Isett, Carl
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 19 2007 6:49PM
Caption:
In memory of Game Warden Justin Philip Hurst of El Campo.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/07/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 7 2007 10:47AM
Caption:
Honoring the Learning Center of El Campo on its opening.
Author:
Zerwas
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 22 2007 8:04PM
Caption:
In memory of Needville ISD Chief of Police Ernest Valencia Mendoza of Wharton County.
Joint Author (20):
Author:
Anchia | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/17/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a grant-writing coordination program for school district school-based health centers.
Author:
Parker | McClendon | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the use of electronically readable information from a driver's license or personal identification certificate by hospitals.
Author:
Straus | Zerwas | Dunnam
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a pilot program to require reporting of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Author:
Noriega, Rick | Davis, John | Zerwas | Anchia | Brown, Fred
Last Action:
05/10/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the operation of a student health center at an institution of higher education.
Author:
Crownover | Taylor | Eissler | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Point of order sustained
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:
Chisum | Flynn | Zerwas | Berman | Eissler
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible.
Author:
Howard, Charlie | Murphy | Zerwas | Brown, Betty
Last Action:
02/19/2007 H Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements relating to an application for a marriage license and an affidavit of an absent applicant for a marriage license and to the maintenance of marriage and divorce indexes by the bureau of vital statistics; providing penalties.
Author:
Delisi | Dukes | Hopson | Laubenberg | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/14/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a public awareness campaign concerning certain solicitations for the purchase of prescription drugs.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Zerwas | Cook, Robby | Menendez
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on investments by certain public retirement systems of this state.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Zerwas | Cook, Robby | Bohac | Bonnen
Last Action:
02/27/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to repeal of authority for the establishment and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Author:
Laubenberg | Gonzales | Zerwas | O'Day | Truitt
Last Action:
05/04/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to designating the Donor Education, Awareness, and Registry Program of Texas as the Glenda Dawson Donate Life-Texas Registry.
Author:
Chisum | Keffer, Jim | Flynn | Homer | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to delivery of certain unclaimed money to a rural scholarship fund.
Author:
Strama | Zerwas
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a full disclosure protocol for hospitals.
Author:
Delisi | Homer | Hopson | Gonzales | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the distribution and redistribution of certain drugs.
Author:
Olivo | Howard, Charlie | Turner | Davis, John | Zerwas
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain subdivision golf courses.
Author:
Delisi | Eissler | Zerwas | Homer | McClendon
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives.
Author:
Anchia | Zerwas | King, Susan
Last Action:
03/22/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to grants for school-based health centers.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas | Vo
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 12 2007 6:32PM
Caption:
Honoring Katy ISD Superintendent Dr. Leonard Merrell on the occasion of his retirement.
Author:
Callegari | Zerwas | Vo
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 12 2007 6:32PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 12, 2007, as Katy Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Hughes | Zerwas
Last Action:
04/20/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 20 2007 1:17PM
Caption:
Honoring Delores and Alton "Bingo" Krauskopf of Wharton County on their 50th wedding anniversary.
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