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

Number of Bills: 68

HB 2 Author: Otto
Coauthor: Allen | Berman | Bohac | Crabb | Elkins | et al.
Last Action: 02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the appraisal of property, including residence homesteads, for ad valorem tax purposes.

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 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 20 Author: Leibowitz | Rodriguez
Coauthor: Crabb | Maldonado
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exempting textbooks for university and college courses from the sales tax.

HB 21 Author: Leibowitz | Rodriguez
Coauthor: Crabb
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic teaching institutions and public lower-division institutions of higher education to certain undergraduate students.

HB 36 Author: Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

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 62 Author: Aycock | Moody | Menendez | Berman | Bonnen
Coauthor: Crabb | Darby | Davis, John | King, Phil | McReynolds | et al.
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans.

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 125 Author: Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.

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 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 169 Author: Smith, Todd
Coauthor: Cook | Crabb | Jackson, Jim | Vaught | Zerwas
Last Action: 02/12/2009 H Referred to Public Safety
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Public Safety and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated.

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 209 Author: Bohac | Harless
Coauthor: Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HB 277 Author: Zerwas | Davis, John | Callegari
Coauthor: Anderson | Crabb | Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the franchise tax and alternative revenue sources and spending priorities for this state.

HB 379 Author: Harper-Brown | Christian
Coauthor: Allen | Crabb | Driver | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action: 04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of certain intoxication offenses.

HB 386 Author: Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Crabb | Weber
Last Action: 03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district.

HB 402 Author: Woolley
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Laubenberg | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to Land & Resource Management
Caption: Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

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 700 Author: Zerwas | Callegari | Kleinschmidt | King, Phil | Creighton
Coauthor: Crabb | Parker | Weber | Woolley
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 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 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 1018 Author: Brown, Betty
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber
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 1019 Author: Brown, Betty
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 02/23/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

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 1092 Author: Parker | Flynn | Ortiz, Jr. | Creighton | Pickett
Coauthor: Anderson | Callegari | Crabb | Hamilton | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the voters of a county to allow the owners of certain real property to require that county and any municipal ad valorem taxes be imposed on that real property on the basis of a five-year average of the property's value.

HB 1211 Author: Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber
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 tax purposes.

HB 1220 Author: Hunter
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

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 1307 Author: Creighton | Sheffield
Coauthor: Crabb | Geren | Jones | Merritt | Parker
Last Action: 02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on certain districts' Internet websites.

HB 1314 Author: Strama | Paxton
Coauthor: Crabb
Last Action: 03/24/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the availability of certain financial information on Internet websites of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.

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 1483 Author: Pitts | Kuempel | Geren | Homer | Callegari
Coauthor: Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Chavez | et al.
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

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 1701 Author: Laubenberg | Eissler
Coauthor: Crabb
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain activities on a public highway or road, the right-of-way of a public highway or road, or a parking lot.

HB 1788 Author: King, Phil
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Parker
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the minimum franchise tax amount for which no tax payment is due.

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 1825 Author: Paxton | Edwards | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Button | Crabb | et al.
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.

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 1993 Author: Anchia
Coauthor: Crabb
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to certain energy security technologies for critical governmental facilities.

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 2850 Author: Farabee
Coauthor: Crabb
Last Action: 04/02/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to goals for renewable energy capacity derived from renewable energy sources other than sources using wind energy.

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 3816 Author: Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins
Coauthor: Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.

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 4061 Author: Smith, Todd | Callegari | Vo | Merritt | Harless
Coauthor: Cook | Crabb
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the consequences of an arrest for or conviction of certain intoxication offenses.

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 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.

HJR 13 Author: Leibowitz
Coauthor: Crabb
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment dedicating certain revenue derived from motor fuel taxes to the construction of public highways.

HJR 21 Author: Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor: Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HJR 29 Author: Elkins
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

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 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 42 Author: Zerwas
Coauthor: Crabb | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HJR 51 Author: Brown, Betty
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HJR 61 Author: Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HJR 62 Author: Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama
Coauthor: Aycock | Chisum | Crabb | Creighton | Crownover | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Failed of adoption
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single elected railroad commissioner.

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.

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