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

Number of Bills: 69

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (48):
HB 159 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to unstructured activity requirements for public elementary school students.

HB 160 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of a grant initiative for a community-based at-risk youth program.

HB 161 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/24/2009 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Relating to block grant funding for certain workforce training and employment programs and functions by the Texas Workforce Commission.

HB 162 Author: Deshotel | Rodriguez | Walle
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the adoption of an alternative base period for computation of unemployment compensation benefits.

HB 1020 Author: Deshotel | Isett | Anderson | Hodge
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use, exhibition, or possession of a firearm by public school students participating in certain school-sponsored programs and activities sponsored or supported by the Parks and Wildlife Department.

HB 1021 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to coverage under residential property insurance policies for certain losses incurred because of compliance with an emergency evacuation order.

HB 1022 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a preference in state purchasing for products from disaster areas.

HB 1023 Author: Deshotel
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of certain state property transferred from the state to Spindletop MHMR Services.

HB 1024 Author: Deshotel | Rodriguez | Walle
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits based on the claimant's availability to do part-time work.

HB 1047 Author: Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.

HB 1197 Author: Deshotel | Rodriguez | Walle
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to exceptions to certain disqualifications from receiving unemployment benefits.

HB 1514 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the definition of supplemental environmental projects.

HB 1777 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a loan program to encourage the use of cleaner hydrogen fuel; providing for the issuance of bonds.

HB 1778 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to exceptions to certain disqualifications from receiving unemployment benefits.

HB 2427 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the rights and responsibilities of residential tenants.

HB 2428 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to immunity from liability for doctors performing certain medical services at the request of the Division of Workers' Compensation.

HB 2429 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to return-to-work coordination services and the return-to-work reimbursement program for employers participating in the Texas workers' compensation system.

HB 2461 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to publishing certain images of private property on the Internet; providing a criminal penalty.

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 3074 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to availability of health coverage for certain employees of institutions of higher education.

HB 3075 Author: Deshotel
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the designation of convenience signers on certain accounts established at financial institutions.

HB 3076 Author: Deshotel | Eissler
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness program used in the health curriculum for public schools.

HB 3077 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/15/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the assignment of security interests in certain collateral.

HB 3078 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the racial distribution of members of jury panels.

HB 3372 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certain inmates entering certain pleas by mail or certain secure electronic transmissions.

HB 3373 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the use of a computer for an unauthorized purpose.

HB 3374 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to permits for air contaminant emissions of stationary natural gas engines.

HB 3375 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/02/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency measures and technologies.

HB 3449 Author: Deshotel | McClendon
Last Action: 03/19/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to establishment of a pilot program to provide financial incentives to students in academically unacceptable public school campuses.

HB 3691 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/14/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to shipping coordination services for state agencies.

HB 3692 Author: Deshotel
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the compensation of the members of the board of port commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County.

HB 4395 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the regulation of boat manufacturers, distributors, and dealers; providing a civil penalty.

HB 4396 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Referred to Business & Industry
Caption: Relating to setting a prudent uniform standard for the retail display of aerosol paint; and providing for the collection and distribution of a surcharge on such paint for purpose of preventing graffiti vandalism and repairing damage there from.

HB 4397 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/06/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to payoff statements provided in connection with certain home loans.

HB 4398 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to workers' compensation supplemental income benefits.

HB 4620 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the rights and responsibilities of residential landlords and tenants.

HB 4621 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to certain billing practices by businesses in this state.

HB 4699 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the powers of the board of port commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County, Texas.

HB 4824 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the election of the members of the Board of Port Commissioners of the Port of Port Arthur Navigation District of Jefferson County.

HJR 54 Author: Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the purposes for which revenues from motor vehicle registration fees, taxes on motor fuels and lubricants, and certain revenues received from the federal government may be used.

HJR 73 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds to provide and guarantee loans to encourage the use of hydrogen as a cleaner fuel source.

HR 1054 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/13/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 13 2009 6:45PM
Caption: In memory of Amos James Evans of Port Arthur.

HR 1055 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/13/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 13 2009 6:45PM
Caption: Paying tribute to the life and work of Robert Rauschenberg, who is being posthumously honored with the 2009 Texas Medal of Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement.

HR 1056 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/13/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 13 2009 6:45PM
Caption: Congratulating Don Pumphrey of Beaumont on his selection as 2008 Person of the Year by Quota International of Southeast Texas.

HR 1057 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 14 2009 7:50AM
Caption: In memory of James A. Roberts of Orange.

HR 1216 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 17 2009 10:40AM
Caption: Commending Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School for 82 years of service to the Beaumont community.

HR 1706 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2009 8:00AM
Caption: Congratulating photographer and educator Keith Carter of Beaumont on being named the 2009 Texas Medal of Arts honoree for Visual Arts.

HR 2514 Author: Deshotel
Last Action: 05/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 25 2009 8:02AM
Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Colonel and Chaplain Sidney J. Marceaux, Jr., of Beaumont.

Joint Author (21):
HB 425 Author: Christian | Gallego | Deshotel | Kolkhorst | McReynolds
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to a prohibition against changing the name of certain public institutions of higher education that are named after state historical figures.

HB 1025 Author: Edwards | Deshotel
Last Action: 02/23/2009 H Referred to Technology, Economic Development & Workforce
Caption: Relating to preparation of public school students to enter the workforce.

HB 1216 Author: Brown, Fred | Quintanilla | Callegari | Deshotel | Darby
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 1257 Author: Legler | Deshotel | Sheffield | Eiland | Guillen
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the payment in installments of ad valorem taxes on certain property owned by a business entity and located in a disaster area and to the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage.

HB 1277 Author: Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings
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 1471 Author: Thibaut | Miklos | Deshotel | Pitts | Guillen
Last Action: 05/06/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to foreclosure sales of residential real property.

HB 1503 Author: Veasey | Deshotel
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the high school graduation requirements.

HB 1835 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Martinez Fischer | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the provision of commercial mobile service to customers.

HB 1953 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the provision of video programming service to consumers.

HB 1954 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of Internet service to consumers.

HB 2205 Author: Gonzales | Deshotel | Ritter | Hilderbran
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a county's eligibility to receive state assistance for health care expenditures that exceed eight percent of the county's general revenue levy for the year.

HB 2295 Author: McClendon | Isett | Flynn | Deshotel | Harper-Brown
Last Action: 05/15/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Residential Construction Commission; providing penalties.

HB 2424 Author: Morrison | Deshotel | Hamilton
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to exempting Lamar State College--Orange and Lamar State College--Port Arthur from certain requirements relating to student admissions.

HB 2471 Author: Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements.

HB 2749 Author: Eiland | Deshotel
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Caption: Relating to economic recovery grants for certain municipalities following public calamities.

HB 2811 Author: Hardcastle | Deshotel | Solomons | Swinford | Gonzalez Toureilles
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the implementation of and incentives for projects involving the capture, transportation, injection, sequestration, geologic storage, or abatement of carbon dioxide.

HB 3502 Author: Pickett | Solomons | Orr | Deshotel
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption: Relating to acknowledgements required of a purchaser of residential real property in connection with the receipt of a seller's disclosure notice regarding the property.

HB 3524 Author: Maldonado | Deshotel | Callegari | Harper-Brown | King, Susan
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the use of recycled glass in aggregate used by the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 4219 Author: Darby | Deshotel
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of a fee associated with the transfer of real property.

HCR 10 Author: Pena | Deshotel | Branch
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/30/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.

HR 1 Author: Eiland | Pitts | Deshotel
Last Action: 02/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 4 2009 8:03AM
Caption: Suspending the constitutional order of business.

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