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

Number of Bills: 75

HB 5 Author: Crownover | McCall | Sheffield | Alvarado
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

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 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 140 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Hughes | Kleinschmidt | Paxton
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Leibowitz | Walle
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/27/2009 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to the use or display under certain circumstances of an expired license to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 271 Author: Ortiz, Jr. | Button | Brown, Fred | Strama | Parker
Coauthor: Gonzales | Gutierrez | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the designation of enterprise projects during a biennium.

HB 280 Author: Anchia | Farrar | Burnam | Kent
Coauthor: Alvarado | Gutierrez | Ortiz, Jr. | Pena
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.

HB 350 Author: Leibowitz | Herrero | Kent | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Shelton
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/25/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to use of school district resources for athletic or instructional facilities.

HB 384 Author: Burnam | Lucio III
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Walle
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the prevention of racial profiling by certain civilian employees of the Department of Public Safety.

HB 395 Author: Hartnett | Turner, Sylvester | King, Phil
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Kleinschmidt | Walle
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to this state's goal for installed electric generating capacity from natural gas.

HB 408 Author: Isett | Pena | Guillen
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Quintanilla
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a disabled veteran or surviving spouse to pay ad valorem taxes imposed on a residence homestead in installments.

HB 432 Author: Lucio III | Anchia | Strama | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Moody | Villarreal
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the acquisition by state agencies of low-emissions vehicles and vehicles using alternative fuels.

HB 469 Author: King, Phil | Anchia | Hughes | Lewis | Strama
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.

HB 498 Author: McClendon | Thompson | Gallego | Hodge | Pierson
Coauthor: Alvarado | Burnam | Chavez | Gutierrez | Kent | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to assist with a study regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions.

HB 528 Author: Vaught | Pierson | Parker | Anchia | Gattis
Coauthor: Allen | Burnam | Chavez | Cohen | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

HB 552 Author: Madden | Rodriguez | Eissler | Strama
Coauthor: Gonzales | Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the provision of competitive grants to fund programs for certain public school students assigned to disciplinary alternative education programs or in-school suspension.

HB 659 Author: Jackson, Jim
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the appointment of magistrates to hear truancy cases in certain counties.

HB 670 Author: Martinez Fischer | Pitts | Gallego | Berman | Lucio III
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/13/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

HB 772 Author: Howard, Donna | Rodriguez | Maldonado | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Gonzales | Gutierrez | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Davis, Wendy
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the State Board of Education.

HB 773 Author: Oliveira
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to extending the expiration date of the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.

HB 806 Author: Gallego | Martinez, "Mando" | Coleman | Rodriguez | Smithee
Coauthor: Alonzo | Burnam | Dukes | Farias | Farrar | et al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/13/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services.

HB 815 Author: Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando" | Pickett
Coauthor: Allen | Anchia | Dunnam | Dutton | Farrar | et al.
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the hours of sale for liquor.

HB 821 Author: Leibowitz | Naishtat | Herrero | Rodriguez | Cook
Coauthor: Alonzo | Alvarado | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.

HB 827 Author: Harper-Brown | Kent | Lucio III
Coauthor: Alvarado | Cohen | Farrar | Gutierrez | Walle
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in the vicinity of a vulnerable road user; providing penalties.

HB 1256 Author: Allen
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to requiring the posting of notice of voter complaint information at a polling place.

HB 1285 Author: Eiland
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to persons authorized to administer an oath in this state.

HB 1297 Author: Hochberg | Flores
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to optional flexible school day program courses offered by school districts to enable students to earn course credit under certain circumstances.

HB 1326 Author: Rios Ybarra
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a plan to replenish the food supplies of food banks or food pantries following a disaster.

HB 1492 Author: Driver
Coauthor: Button | Gutierrez | Miller, Doug
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to achievement awards presented by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.

HB 1500 Author: King, Tracy O. | Farias
Coauthor: Bohac | Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to certain exceptions to the prohibition on hunting from a public road or right-of-way.

HB 1510 Author: Bonnen | Marquez | Naishtat
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Maldonado
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to including information on sudden infant death syndrome in a resource pamphlet for parents of newborn children.

HB 1622 Author: Giddings | Rios Ybarra | Crabb
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to a grant program to provide children at risk of hunger or obesity with increased access to nutritious foods.

HB 1633 Author: Walle | Martinez Fischer | Moody | Ortiz, Jr. | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | Dutton | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of graffiti and to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of that offense or on juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of that offense.

HB 1671 Author: Crownover | Naishtat | Coleman | Zerwas | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Leibowitz | Pierson
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to mutual aid agreements for newborn screening laboratory services.

HB 1673 Author: Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia
Coauthor: Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.

HB 1687 Author: Cohen
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the definition of an electric bicycle for purposes related to the use, registration, and licensing of electric bicycles.

HB 1722 Author: Castro
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the proceedings that may be referred to and the powers of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar County.

HB 1759 Author: Thompson
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 04/27/2009 S Subcommittee meeting cancelled
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain orally administered anticancer medications.

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 1809 Author: Hartnett
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 05/23/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 23 2009 10:31AM
Caption: Relating to proceedings in a statutory probate court during the judge's absence.

HB 1876 Author: Chisum | Raymond | Davis, John | Gonzales | Hopson
Coauthor: Allen | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Chavez | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to creating the health care access fund to recruit health care providers in health professional shortage areas and to support federally-qualified health centers and to using for those purposes revenue from a tax imposed on certain tobacco products.

HB 1967 Author: Aycock | Sheffield | Giddings | Farias | Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Alonzo | Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the operation of certain institutions of higher education as general academic teaching institutions and to the statutory limitation imposed on certain university systems to issue revenue bonds to fund facilities at certain institutions of higher education.

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 2113 Author: Walle
Coauthor: Edwards | Gutierrez
Sponsor: Gallegos
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the holidays for members of fire and police departments in certain municipalities.

HB 2118 Author: Olivo | Gonzales | Naishtat | Turner, Sylvester | Corte
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day.

HB 2209 Author: Pena | Bohac | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to a voter educator program for high school seniors.

HB 2256 Author: Hancock | Martinez Fischer | Rodriguez | Smith, Todd | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Callegari | Crownover | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to mediation of out-of-network health benefit claim disputes concerning enrollees, facility-based physicians, and certain health benefit plans; imposing an administrative penalty.

HB 2263 Author: Eissler
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to extending the high school innovation grant initiative to middle and junior high schools.

HB 2304 Author: Lewis | Cook | Guillen | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/12/2009 S Referred to Administration
Caption: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for students who have been under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.

HB 2386 Author: Castro
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the sealing of juvenile records.

HB 2471 Author: Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Bonnen | Button | Chisum | Cook | Darby | et al.
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 2531 Author: Chavez | Pitts | Harless | Castro | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Gutierrez | King, Susan | Moody | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a reporting requirement regarding the Texas emerging technology fund.

HB 2639 Author: Isett
Coauthor: Callegari | Flynn | Gutierrez | Hughes | Legler | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway or street under its jurisdiction by an automated traffic control system.

HB 2685 Author: Callegari | Leibowitz | Gonzalez Toureilles | Miller, Sid
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Davis, John | Gutierrez | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the landowner's bill of rights.

HB 2823 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to eligible recipients of certain grants awarded by the commissioner of education.

HB 2840 Author: Solomons
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to mortgage fraud; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2942 Author: Dunnam | Crownover | Coleman | Turner, Sylvester | Gattis
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bolton | Castro | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to accountability and transparency in government operations, including disclosure, oversight, and enforcement measures; providing penalties.

HB 2962 Author: Coleman | Dukes | Zerwas | Davis, John | Naishtat
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.

HB 3517 Author: Gattis
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the provision of social security numbers by applicants for motor vehicle certificates of title.

HB 3524 Author: Maldonado | Deshotel | Callegari | Harper-Brown | King, Susan
Coauthor: Gutierrez | King, Tracy O.
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 3646 Author: Hochberg | Eissler | Aycock | Pitts | Patrick
Coauthor: Chavez | Edwards | Flores | Guillen | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to public school finance and programs.

HB 3714 Author: King, Susan | Eissler
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Jackson, Jim | Lucio III
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to public school career and technology education program curriculum and funding and to development of a list of high-demand occupations for career and technology education students.

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 4276 Author: Menendez | Davis, John
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Laubenberg
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to a transportation plan for persons furloughed or discharged from certain mental health facilities.

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 4833 Author: Hunter
Coauthor: Gutierrez | Walle
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the creation of district courts and statutory county courts and to the composition of juvenile boards in certain counties.

HCR 54 Author: Truitt | Leibowitz | Crabb | Hopson | Woolley
Coauthor: Castro | Chavez | Corte | Farias | Gutierrez | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to Economic Development
Caption: Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation facilitating a technology-based solution that allows consumers to subscribe to Internet services that exclude adult content.

HCR 88 Author: Davis, John | Hopson
Coauthor: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/20/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Directing the Texas Department of State Health Services and the Texas Education Agency to educate parents of adolescent Texans regarding the importance of adolescents' receiving regular physical exams and updated immunizations.

HCR 139 Author: Flores | Gonzalez Toureilles | Martinez, "Mando" | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Chavez | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to Administration
Caption: Directing the State Preservation Board to amend its rules to allow the statue in honor of Tejanos to be placed on the south lawn of the Capitol.

HCR 226 Author: Truitt
Coauthor: Castro | Chavez | Corte | Farias | Gutierrez | et al.
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Lucchese Boot Company.

HCR 252 Author: Thompson | Hilderbran | England | Guillen | Hunter
Coauthor: Castro | Cook | Dunnam | Flores | Geren | et al.
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the governor to appoint a Governor's Task Force on Horse and Greyhound Racing.

HCR 258 Author: Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor
Coauthor: Alonzo | Alvarado | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.

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 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 480 Author: Burnam
Coauthor: Allen | Gutierrez
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Creating a Special Committee on Impeachment to consider the impeachment of Judge Sharon Keller of the Court of Criminal Appeals for gross neglect of duty and conducting her official duties with willful disregard for human life.

HR 1383 Author: Dunnam | Coleman | Moody
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State.

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