Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Betty Brown
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 69

HB 4 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.

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 47 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.

HB 109 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.

HB 123 Author: Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor: Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to activity that constitutes maintaining a common nuisance.

HB 124 Author: Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor: Alvarado | Berman | Brown, Betty | Chisum | Cohen | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.

HB 127 Author: Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Button | Crabb | Elkins | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HB 206 Author: Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.

HB 255 Author: Berman | Bonnen
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to prohibiting admission by public institutions of higher education of applicants who are not lawfully authorized to be present in the United States.

HB 256 Author: Berman | Bonnen | Riddle | Fletcher
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Elkins
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to birth records of children born in this state; creating an offense.

HB 260 Author: Berman | Bonnen
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Christian | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to receive a sentence of community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.

HB 262 Author: Berman | Bonnen
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to information regarding the citizenship status of students.

HB 263 Author: Berman
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the imposition of a fee for money transmissions sent to certain destinations outside the United States.

HB 266 Author: Berman | Flynn | Bonnen
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Christian | Elkins | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to regulating the provision of benefits and services to, and the verification of the employment status of, immigrants and to enforcing laws relating to immigrants; providing civil and criminal penalties.

HB 267 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.

HB 274 Author: Callegari | Brown, Fred | Lewis | Eiland
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Hughes
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to supplemental annuity payments by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 276 Author: Zerwas | Bonnen | Flynn | Sheffield
Coauthor: Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Elkins | Keffer | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the requirement that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to undocumented immigrants.

HB 355 Author: Aycock
Coauthor: Brown, Betty
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to Elections
Caption: Relating to the use of certain voting equipment in an election that does not involve a federal office.

HB 417 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.

HB 469 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.

HB 644 Author: Zerwas
Coauthor: Anderson | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.

HB 720 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.

HB 832 Author: Hughes | Paxton | Bonnen | Lewis | Callegari
Coauthor: Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.

HB 994 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.

HB 1037 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.

HB 1047 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.

HB 1176 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.

HB 1216 Author: Brown, Fred | Quintanilla | Callegari | Deshotel | Darby
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Button | Chavez | Davis, John | Driver | et al.
Last Action: 02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.

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 1301 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.

HB 1348 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.

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 1555 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.

HB 1715 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.

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 1876 Author: Chisum | Raymond | Davis, John | Gonzales | Hopson
Coauthor: Allen | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Chavez | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to creating the health care access fund to recruit health care providers in health professional shortage areas and to support federally-qualified health centers and to using for those purposes revenue from a tax imposed on certain tobacco products.

HB 1893 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.

HB 1918 Author: Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Frost | Heflin | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Office of Rural Community Affairs to the Texas Department of Rural Affairs.

HB 1976 Author: Solomons | Martinez Fischer
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Edwards | Jackson, Jim | Rose
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 05/26/2009 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the operation of property owners' associations.

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 2110 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.

HB 2256 Author: Hancock | Martinez Fischer | Rodriguez | Smith, Todd | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | Crownover | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to mediation of out-of-network health benefit claim disputes concerning enrollees, facility-based physicians, and certain health benefit plans; imposing an administrative penalty.

HB 2291 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.

HB 2504 Author: Kolkhorst | Christian | Aycock
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Harless | Laubenberg | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to establish uniform standards for publishing cost of attendance information, to conduct student course evaluations of faculty, and to make certain information available on the Internet.

HB 2589 Author: Pickett | McClendon | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Chavez | Morrison
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to transportation planning and funding allocations.

HB 2685 Author: Callegari | Leibowitz | Gonzalez Toureilles | Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Davis, John | Gutierrez | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the landowner's bill of rights.

HB 2743 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.

HB 3291 Author: Callegari
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Hughes | Paxton
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations and the use of surplus state revenues.

HB 3325 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.

HB 3613 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.

HB 3769 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.

HB 3796 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.

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 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 30 Author: Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Bohac | Brown, Betty | Laubenberg | Paxton
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Caption: Declaring February 6, 2009, as Ronald Reagan Day.

HCR 50 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.

HCR 64 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.

HCR 168 Author: Anderson | Miller, Sid | Button | Branch | Hartnett
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Chisum | Christian | Driver | Fletcher | et al.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Extending appreciation to former president George W. Bush for his service to our state and nation.

HCR 174 Author: Swinford | Lewis | Craddick | Jones | Chisum
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | King, Susan | Merritt
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to designate the overpass at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 338 in Odessa as the Buddy West Memorial Overpass.

HJR 30 Author: Anderson | Paxton
Coauthor: Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a rate of the franchise tax be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

HJR 32 Author: Berman | Riddle | Fletcher
Coauthor: Brown, Betty
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to establish English as the official language of Texas and require that official acts of government be taken in English.

HJR 38 Author: King, Phil | Bohac | Flynn | Paxton | Christian
Coauthor: Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Fletcher | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the rainy day fund and dedicating certain surplus revenues to property tax reduction.

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.

HJR 84 Author: Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson
Coauthor: Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate.

HJR 89 Author: Paxton | Flynn | Christian
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Kleinschmidt | Parker
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from motor fuel taxes to the construction of public highways.

HJR 101 Author: Callegari | Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Laubenberg
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning the limitation on the rate of growth of state appropriations and the use of unencumbered surplus state revenues to provide a rebate of state franchise taxes, to reduce public school district property taxes, and to fund the state's rainy day fund.

HR 454 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.

HR 1699 Author: Swinford
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Chisum | Gattis | Kolkhorst | Madden | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2009 8:00AM
Caption: Recognizing the Texas A&M University Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program and Public Policy Internship Program and the interns for the 81st legislative session.

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