Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Carol Kent
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/6/2024

Number of Bills: 49

HB 5 Author: Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

HB 6 Author: Eiland | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally.

HB 9 Author: Truitt
Coauthor: Kent
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to transportation funding in this state.

HB 38 Author: Corte | Guillen | Maldonado | Flores | Gattis
Coauthor: Aycock | Button | Edwards | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kent | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to resident tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and their spouses and children.

HB 51 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.

HB 59 Author: Branch | Anchia | Giddings | Oliveira | Crownover
Coauthor: Alonzo | Berman | Button | Driver | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.

HB 67 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.

HB 130 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.

HB 498 Author: McClendon | Thompson | Gallego | Hodge | Pierson
Coauthor: Alvarado | Burnam | Chavez | Gutierrez | Kent | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to assist with a study regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions.

HB 528 Author: Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis
Coauthor: Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

HB 610 Author: Naishtat | Herrero | Edwards | Menendez | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Guillen | Kent | King, Susan | Maldonado | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Legislative Committee on Aging and other initiatives relating to the aging population of this state.

HB 662 Author: Ortiz, Jr. | Chavez | Coleman | Cook | Lucio III
Coauthor: Kent
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle by a person under 18 years of age while using a wireless communications device.

HB 741 Author: Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen
Coauthor: Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Farias | et al.
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.

HB 873 Author: Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer
Coauthor: Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 04/23/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

HB 995 Author: Turner, Chris | Turner, Sylvester | Geren | Menendez | Bohac
Coauthor: Gonzales | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Kuempel | Pierson | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to notice of expiration and price change in certain retail electric service contracts.

HB 1182 Author: Turner, Sylvester | Harless | Thibaut | Edwards | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Giddings | Kent | Pena
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 05/26/2009 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the administration and purposes of the system benefit fund and the eligibility of customers for benefits under certain programs financed by the system benefit fund and other programs.

HB 1198 Author: Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor: Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program.

HB 1205 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.

HB 1261 Author: Harper-Brown | Flynn | Laubenberg | Guillen | Herrero
Coauthor: Berman | Brown, Betty | Hopson | Kent | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for a limited period.

HB 1277 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.

HB 1530 Author: Button | Driver | Hardcastle | Gonzalez Toureilles | Rios Ybarra
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Crabb | Kent | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of health-related pest control by the Department of Agriculture.

HB 1574 Author: Thompson | Pitts | Geren | Alonzo | Gonzales
Coauthor: Flores | Guillen | Kent | Leibowitz | Pena
Sponsor: Gallegos
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families.

HB 1594 Author: Anchia | Walle | Hodge | Miklos | Thibaut
Coauthor: Alvarado | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | et al.
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption: Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates.

HB 1633 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.

HB 1673 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.

HB 1736 Author: Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Branch | Hodge | Isett
Coauthor: Gonzales | Guillen | Jones | Kent | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to compensation of and services to persons wrongfully imprisoned.

HB 1801 Author: Bohac | Martinez Fischer | Castro | Patrick | Oliveira
Coauthor: Aycock | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

HB 1948 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.

HB 2064 Author: Smithee | Hardcastle | Eiland | Bohac | Alonzo
Coauthor: Burnam | Flores | Gonzales | Herrero | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 05/30/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption: Relating to premium discounts for certain participants in the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool and to funding for those discounts through certain penalties.

HB 2070 Author: Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses.

HB 2083 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.

HB 2656 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.

HB 2659 Author: Villarreal | Farrar
Coauthor: Kent
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth.

HB 2686 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.

HB 2942 Author: Dunnam | Crownover | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Gattis
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bolton | Castro | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties.

HB 2962 Author: Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.

HB 3331 Author: Pierson | Eiland | Gutierrez | Dunnam
Coauthor: Anchia | Berman | Coleman | Deshotel | England | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to local option alcoholic beverage elections to change the status of an existing voting unit.

HB 3634 Author: Geren | Rose | Callegari | Gattis | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor: Kent | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to creditable service in the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the transfer of that credit between classes of membership for certain state employees.

HB 4009 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.

HB 4261 Author: Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer
Coauthor: Anchia | Burnam | Button | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to establishing a no-interest loan program to promote the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technology in certain residential dwellings, commercial buildings, and places of worship.

HB 4294 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.

HB 4765 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.

HCR 95 Author: Anchia | Naishtat | Marquez | Burnam | Menendez
Coauthor: Castro | Farrar | Hernandez | Kent | Olivo | et al.
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security consider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families with children.

HCR 258 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.

HJR 39 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.

HR 716 Author: Keffer | Kuempel | Pierson | England | Miklos
Coauthor: Alvarado | Christian | Edwards | Eiland | Herrero | et al.
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Expressing intent that funds provided to the State of Texas by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act be spent, as far as practicable, on domestic goods, materials, and services.

HR 1280 Author: Maldonado
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Cohen | Farrar | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Honoring State Representative Senfronia Thompson on her receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award from Annie's List.

HR 1383 Author: Dunnam | Coleman | Moody
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State.

HR 2886 Author: Maldonado | Geren | McClendon | Dunnam | Taylor
Coauthor: Allen | Bolton | Davis, Yvonne | Gattis | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action: 06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption: Honoring the staff of the housekeeping/grounds and maintenance divisions of the State Preservation Board for their role in preserving the Texas State Capitol.

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