Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Lon Burnam
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 56

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (43):
HB 384 Author: Burnam | Lucio III
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the prevention of racial profiling by certain civilian employees of the Department of Public Safety.

HB 790 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the counting of a provisional ballot cast by a voter in a precinct in which the voter does not reside.

HB 791 Author: Burnam | Hilderbran | King, Phil | Pena | Bohac
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the period during which certain energy-efficient products are exempt from the sales tax.

HB 792 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the labeling of products that contain bisphenol-A.

HB 803 Author: Burnam | King, Phil | Hilderbran
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the period during which certain energy-efficient products are exempt from the sales tax.

HB 977 Author: Burnam | Lucio III
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to use of the money from the Texas enterprise fund to promote renewable energy technology.

HB 978 Author: Burnam | Lucio III | Naishtat | Farrar
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the employment rights of certain individuals with disabilities.

HB 1062 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the sale of ale and malt liquor by brewer's permit holders.

HB 1072 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation benefit eligibility.

HB 1436 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to depositing revenue received by this state from undocumented immigrants to the indigent emergency medical services and preventative health care reimbursement fund.

HB 1533 Author: Burnam | Truitt | Veasey
Sponsor: Davis, Wendy
Last Action: 05/14/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to notice of applications for permits to drill certain gas wells.

HB 1534 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the property valuation information required to be provided regarding property to be acquired by eminent domain.

HB 1535 Author: Burnam | Parker | King, Phil | Keffer | Orr
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the requirement that gas corporations obtain a permit from the Railroad Commission of Texas before condemning property to construct certain gas pipelines.

HB 1536 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the elimination of the power of eminent domain for certain gas corporations when constructing a pipeline for the gathering or transmission of natural gas.

HB 1537 Author: Burnam | Truitt
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to safety requirements applicable to gas pipelines in certain counties.

HB 1538 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Energy Resources
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities or counties to adopt and enforce safety standards applicable to certain gas pipelines.

HB 1553 Author: Burnam | Farrar
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the development of a climate adaptation plan by certain entities.

HB 1641 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the eligibility requirements for voting by persons convicted of a felony.

HB 1646 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/02/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to electric utility energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.

HB 1735 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the imposition of an income tax on income that exceeds $100,000 to provide property tax relief and fund public education; providing penalties.

HB 2077 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to driver's licenses, commercial driver's licenses, and personal identification certificates; providing a penalty.

HB 2587 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/08/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to permits issued by the commission.

HB 2588 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/08/2009 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to the control of air pollution by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 3090 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the formation and certification of a new municipally owned electric utility.

HB 3422 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a program for the collection, transportation, recycling, and disposal of mercury-containing lights.

HB 3423 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the disposal of low-level radioactive waste from a state that is not an initial party state to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact.

HB 3424 Author: Burnam | Pierson
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to Nitrogen Oxide emission limits for cement kilns in certain non-attainment areas for ozone.

HB 3590 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of an inventory of emissions of air contaminants from oil or gas production, transportation, or processing facilities.

HB 3591 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the control of emissions from crude oil and condensate storage tanks in certain areas of this state.

HB 3725 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/09/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to maintaining county funding levels provided to the offices of certain prosecutors.

HB 3726 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/19/2009 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption: Relating to civil liability for selling or serving alcoholic beverages.

HB 3727 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to liability of a governmental unit for certain intentional torts.

HCR 22 Author: Burnam | Kent
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Granting the Chishty family permission to sue the State of Texas, the Department of Aging and Disability Services, and the Denton State School.

HCR 161 Author: Burnam
Sponsor: Davis, Wendy
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Granting John Cook permission to sue the Benbrook Water Authority.

HR 130 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 01/22/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jan 22 2009 3:48PM
Caption: Congratulating Joe Paniagua on the occasion of his retirement.

HR 480 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Creating a Special Committee on Impeachment to consider the impeachment of Judge Sharon Keller of the Court of Criminal Appeals for gross neglect of duty and conducting her official duties with willful disregard for human life.

HR 703 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 19 2009 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring Rahr & Sons Brewing of Fort Worth.

HR 928 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/26/2009 H Withdrawn
Caption: Expressing support for Earth Hour on March 28, 2009.

HR 1083 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 31 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Expressing support for Earth Hour on March 28, 2009.

HR 1585 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 05/01/2009 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Caption: Recognizing the Muslim Legal Fund of America for its dedicated defense of the Constitution of the United States.

HR 1586 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 05/01/2009 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Caption: Congratulating Ambassador Syed Ahsani on a long life spent in the service of his community.

HR 1810 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 05/18/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 18 2009 4:30PM
Caption: Recognizing the Texas Muslim Women's Foundation.

HR 1879 Author: Burnam
Last Action: 05/18/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 18 2009 4:30PM
Caption: Congratulating the Muslim Legal Fund of America for its dedicated defense of the Constitution of the United States.

Joint Author (13):
HB 280 Author: Anchia | Farrar | Burnam | Kent
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.

HB 639 Author: Thompson | Anchia | Burnam | Naishtat | Christian
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.

HB 801 Author: Guillen | Anchia | Burnam | Edwards | Parker
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund in certain business entities doing business in Sudan.

HB 1762 Author: Chavez | Burnam
Last Action: 04/02/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to improving state energy conservation, including through the use of thermostat settings.

HB 1796 Author: Chisum | Hancock | Burnam | Hartnett
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.

HB 2255 Author: Hancock | Burnam
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to restrictions on the release into the air of natural gas and associated vapors from a gas well.

HB 2623 Author: Deshotel | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.

HB 3292 Author: Crownover | Burnam
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption: Relating to an increase in the fee for natural gas pipeline safety inspections.

HB 3658 Author: Corte | Burnam
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the pipeline safety fund.

HB 3704 Author: Coleman | Burnam
Last Action: 03/19/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the purchase of fair trade certified products by a state agency.

HCR 75 Author: Lucio III | Alonzo | Burnam
Last Action: 05/24/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Urging congress to explore alternatives to border security in South Texas other than the fencing described in the Secure Fence Act.

HCR 95 Author: Anchia | Naishtat | Marquez | Burnam | Menendez
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.

HR 1642 Author: Coleman | Burnam
Last Action: 05/18/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 18 2009 7:20PM
Caption: Honoring Kimberly M. Freeman for her participation in the Texas Legislative Internship Program.

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