| 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 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 71 | Author: | Corte | Branch | Chavez | Bohac | Miller, Sid |
| Coauthor: | Aycock | Button | Edwards | Fletcher | Moody | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of a program to provide a ballot by electronic mail to military personnel serving overseas and their spouses and dependents residing overseas. |
| 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 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 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 253 | Author: | Berman | Riddle |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | |
| Last Action: | 02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to language requirements for engaging in certain regulated activities. |
| 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 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 261 | Author: | Berman | Bonnen | Riddle |
| Coauthor: | Elkins | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | |
| Last Action: | 02/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws by certain governmental entities. |
| 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 265 | Author: | Berman |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. |
| 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 425 | Author: | Christian | Gallego | Deshotel | Kolkhorst | McReynolds |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | Hopson | |
| 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 465 | Author: | Paxton | Brown, Betty | Hancock |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | |
| Last Action: | 02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the number of charters the State Board of Education may grant for open-enrollment charter schools. |
| 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 742 | Author: | Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating 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 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 1106 | Author: | Bohac |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | |
| 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 by certain school districts and other taxing units in Harris County. |
| HB 1115 | Author: | Walle | Riddle | Crabb | Thompson | Hernandez |
| Coauthor: | Bohac | Fletcher | Harless | Vo | |
| Last Action: | 05/04/2009 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations | |
| Caption: | Relating to the adoption of noise regulations by certain counties; providing a criminal penalty. |
| HB 1116 | Author: | Button | Jackson, Jim |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Miller, Doug | |
| Last Action: | 02/25/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to tax incentives for certain businesses for job creation and retention. |
| HB 1198 | Author: | Button | Eissler | Pitts | Driver | Ortiz, Jr. |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Fletcher | Flynn | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the qualifications for certification of a person as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program. |
| 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 1277 | Author: | Button | Cook | Pitts | Deshotel | Giddings |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Brown, Fred | Chavez | Driver | England | et al. | |
| 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 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 1372 | Author: | Shelton | Moody | Sheffield | Kent | Creighton |
| Coauthor: | Button | Fletcher | Miller, Doug | Pena | |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the definition of victim in relation to certain crime victims' rights. |
| HB 1378 | Author: | Thompson | Ritter | Allen | Edwards |
| Coauthor: | Farrar | Fletcher | Hernandez | Howard, Charlie | Lucio III | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call | |
| Caption: | Relating to methods for the recovery of system restoration costs incurred by electric utilities following hurricanes, tropical storms, ice or snow storms, floods, and other weather-related events and natural disasters. |
| 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 1696 | Author: | Isett |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Alonzo | Callegari | Cohen | Fletcher | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefit managers and to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists. |
| 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 1948 | Author: | Rios Ybarra | Anderson | Gonzales | Hunter | Martinez, "Mando" |
| Coauthor: | Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to a public health extension service pilot program. |
| HB 2145 | Author: | Miklos | Menendez | Chavez | Moody | Thibaut |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the right of one immediate family member of certain deceased peace officers to make an oral statement regarding the terms of a plea bargain agreement. |
| HB 2812 | Author: | Swinford |
| Coauthor: | Anderson | Berman | Button | Callegari | Crownover | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions. |
| 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 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 4128 | Author: | Bonnen |
| Coauthor: | Fletcher | |
| Last Action: | 05/14/2009 S Referred to Administration | |
| Caption: | Relating to the eligibility of certain Texas Rangers for burial in the state cemetery. |
| HB 4224 | Author: | Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown |
| Coauthor: | Callegari | Fletcher | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the teaching of science 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 48 | Author: | Isett |
| Coauthor: | Craddick | Darby | Fletcher | Heflin | Jones | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Duncan | |
| Last Action: | 03/06/2009 E Signed by the Governor | |
| Caption: | Recognizing February 17, 2009, as Texas Tech University System Day at the State Capitol. |
| 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 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |