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Texas Legislature

Bills Authored / Joint Authored

Rep. Nicole Collier
85th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/27/2026
Number of Bills: 70

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (37):
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
02/15/2017 H Referred to Business & Industry: Feb 15 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the consideration by employers of the consumer credit reports or other credit information of employees and applicants for employment; providing civil and administrative penalties.
Author:
Collier
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02/15/2017 H Referred to Human Services: Feb 15 2017 12:01PM
Caption:
Relating to administrative and judicial review of certain Medicaid reimbursement disputes; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/25/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the duties and powers of the office of public insurance counsel concerning the adequacy of networks offered in this state by managed care plans.
Author:
Collier | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Coleman | Longoria | Phelan
Sponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the continuation of certain public benefits, including medical assistance benefits, for individuals after release from confinement in a county jail.
Author:
Collier
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02/21/2017 H Referred to Business & Industry: Feb 21 2017 5:26PM
Caption:
Relating to sovereign and governmental liability for workers' compensation benefits and related relief.
Author:
Collier
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02/20/2017 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Feb 20 2017 3:08PM
Caption:
Relating to the electronic recording of certain custodial interrogations.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/19/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an advance directive and do-not-resuscitate order of a pregnant patient.
Author:
Collier
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05/18/2017 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the provision and use of health coverage information to educate consumers purchasing individual health benefit coverage.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
02/16/2017 H Referred to Business & Industry: Feb 16 2017 4:31PM
Caption:
Relating to unfair settlement practices with respect to workers' compensation insurance claims.
Author:
Collier | White
Last Action:
04/03/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a court to return certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged.
Author:
Collier | Minjarez | Thompson, Senfronia | Rose
Sponsor:
Burton
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons and to the return of certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
02/20/2017 H Referred to Insurance: Feb 20 2017 3:08PM
Caption:
Relating to coverage for supplemental breast cancer screening under certain health benefit plans.
Author:
Collier | Thompson, Senfronia
Last Action:
04/18/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the collection of consumer debt by debt buyers.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/09/2017 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 9 2017 10:49AM
Caption:
Relating to disclosures regarding the provision of services by certain health care providers in certain health care facilities.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/16/2017 H Referred to Public Health: Mar 16 2017 4:13PM
Caption:
Relating to disclosures regarding the provision of laboratory services in certain health care facilities.
Author:
Collier
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05/04/2017 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to medical causation narrative reports created under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.
Author:
Collier | Koop | Capriglione | Rose
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to testing for lead contamination in public school drinking water.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/24/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the relationship between public employers and fire and police employees.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
05/02/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the composition of the student body of an open-enrollment charter school.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to minimum standards regarding the continuity of prescription medications for the care and treatment of county jail prisoners.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/24/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring certain employers to provide paid leave to employees; authorizing administrative penalties.
Author:
Collier
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03/30/2017 H Referred to Urban Affairs: Mar 30 2017 1:18PM
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
Author:
Collier | Coleman
Sponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
05/02/2017 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to a certain requirement for an open-enrollment charter school's initial application or expansion amendment.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/30/2017 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 30 2017 4:12PM
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for possession of a small amount of a substance in Penalty Group 1 under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/31/2017 H Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs: Mar 31 2017 5:35PM
Caption:
Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans who successfully complete a veterans court pretrial intervention program.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/03/2017 H Referred to State Affairs: Apr 3 2017 3:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the evidence of a good faith effort of a state agency to reach goals established for historically underutilized businesses.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/03/2017 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Apr 3 2017 3:34PM
Caption:
Relating to the electronic recording of certain non-custodial interrogations.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/31/2017 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 31 2017 4:30PM
Caption:
Relating to the electronic recording of non-custodial interviews.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/31/2017 H Referred to Urban Affairs: Mar 31 2017 4:30PM
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of low income housing tax credits.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/10/2017 H Filed
Caption:
Relating to the commitment of a defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial and who is a person with an intellectual disability.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
04/10/2017 S Received from the House
Caption:
Recognizing members of the AEIC Power Delivery Committee for their dedication to electric reliability research and best practices.
Author:
Collier
Sponsor:
Menéndez
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 3574.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/06/2017 H Referred to Rules & Resolutions: Mar 6 2017 3:45PM
Caption:
Honoring Representative Toni Rose on the occasion of her birthday.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
02/02/2017 H Reported enrolled: Feb 2 2017 5:03PM
Caption:
Honoring Representative Toni Rose on the occasion of her birthday.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/02/2017 H Reported enrolled: Mar 2 2017 7:04PM
Caption:
Recognizing February 23, 2017, as House District 95 Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Collier
Last Action:
03/13/2017 H Reported enrolled: Mar 13 2017 8:54PM
Caption:
Recognizing members of the AEIC Power Delivery Committee for their dedication to electric reliability research and best practices.
Joint Author (33):
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Huberty | Collier | Cook | Frullo
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/12/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil racketeering related to trafficking, the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of and punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain information relating to a child; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
Martinez, "Mando" | Guillen | González, Mary | Collier
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/26/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to an unlawful employment practice by an employer whose leave policy does not permit an employee to use leave to care for the employee's foster child.
Author:
Canales | Moody | Collier
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/18/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain persons to defer or abate the collection of ad valorem taxes on a person's residence homestead.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Howard | Collier | Herrero | Reynolds
Last Action:
03/06/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to unlawful employment practices regarding discrimination in payment of compensation.
Author:
Hernandez | Collier
Last Action:
03/27/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that certain employers provide advance notice of employee work schedules.
Author:
Canales | Collier
Last Action:
05/01/2017 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the consideration by employers of the consumer credit reports of employees and applicants for employment.
Author:
Canales | White | Collier | Leach | Murr
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the administrative, civil, and criminal consequences, including fines, fees, and costs, imposed on persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain criminal offenses and to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Canales | Moody | Collier
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/24/2017 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed orders.
Author:
Canales | Thompson, Senfronia | White | Dutton | Collier
Last Action:
05/08/2017 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain criminal offenses.
Author:
Johnson, Eric | Giddings | Anchia | Collier | Hinojosa, Gina
Sponsor:
Garcia
Last Action:
06/12/2017 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the suspension of a student enrolled in a grade level below grade three from public school and to a positive behavior program for public schools.
Author:
Farrar | Collier | Allen
Last Action:
04/24/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed; creating a civil action.
Author:
Ortega | Collier | Romero, Jr.
Last Action:
03/20/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to authorization for a county or municipality to establish a local minimum wage.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Hernandez | Laubenberg | Collier | Sheffield
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to coverage for certain breast cancer screening procedures under certain health benefit plans.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Raney | Flynn | Collier
Last Action:
05/02/2017 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the practice of dental hygiene.
Author:
Cain | Villalba | Stickland | Collier
Last Action:
02/27/2017 H Referred to Public Health: Feb 27 2017 3:33PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses.
Author:
Price | Bonnen, Greg | Coleman | Collier | Sheffield
Sponsor:
Schwertner
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to peer specialists, peer services, and the provision of those services under the medical assistance program.
Author:
Frullo | Collier
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to mediation of the settlement of certain out-of-network health benefit claims involving balance billing.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Price | Collier | Wu | Laubenberg
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the requirement and study of insurance coverage for serious emotional disturbance of a child.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Collier | Villalba | Geren | Gooden
Last Action:
05/11/2017 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds.
Author:
Oliveira | Flynn | Price | Romero, Jr. | Collier
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
05/16/2017 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to notice by a property owner to a mortgage servicer that the owner intends to enter into a contract with a property tax lender.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Alonzo | Workman | Collier | White
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of a criminal defendant for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
Author:
Herrero | Smithee | Collier
Last Action:
05/06/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Howard | Collier | Walle | Herrero
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the care and transportation provided to a sexual assault survivor by a health care facility.
Author:
Goldman | Geren | Collier | Klick
Last Action:
05/05/2017 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties.
Author:
Klick | Guillen | Uresti, Tomas | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Collier
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the continuation of medical assistance for certain individuals.
Author:
Parker | Moody | Simmons | Stucky | Collier
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/12/2017 E Effective on 9/1/17
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of events, including certain NASCAR events, to receive funding through the Major Events Reimbursement Program.
Author:
Neave | Collier
Last Action:
05/12/2017 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption:
Relating to a landlord's notice to residential tenants regarding rent increases.
Author:
Klick | Collier
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the distribution of benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Author:
Arévalo | Coleman | Oliverson | Collier | Sheffield
Last Action:
05/08/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to requiring the statewide health coordinating council and state health plan to examine and report on the impact of low health literacy on consumers and the health care system.
Author:
White | Bernal | Collier | Thompson, Senfronia | Wu
Last Action:
05/01/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the administrative, civil, and criminal consequences, including fines, fees, and costs, imposed on persons arrested for, charged with, or convicted of certain criminal offenses.
Author:
Turner | Collier
Last Action:
04/27/2017 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to establishing an intergovernmental development corporation in certain counties to foster minority- or women-owned construction businesses.
Author:
Romero, Jr. | Collier
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Reported enrolled: May 3 2017 5:24PM
Caption:
Congratulating Brennen Shingleton of Texas Wesleyan University on being named NAIA Division 1 Men's Basketball National Coach of the Year.
Author:
Romero, Jr. | Collier
Last Action:
05/03/2017 H Reported enrolled: May 3 2017 3:22PM
Caption:
Congratulating the Texas Wesleyan University men's basketball team on winning the 2017 NAIA Division I national championship.
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