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

Number of Bills: 51

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.

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