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

Number of Bills: 39

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 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 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 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 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 410 Author: Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.

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 426 Author: Christian
Coauthor: Hopson
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the name of Stephen F. Austin State University.

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 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 813 Author: Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego
Coauthor: Bolton | Bonnen | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized adjustment under the public school finance system.

HB 832 Author: Hughes | Paxton | Bonnen | Lewis | Callegari
Coauthor: Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the computation of taxable margin for purposes of the franchise tax by certain taxable entities.

HB 1261 Author: Harper-Brown | Flynn | Laubenberg | Guillen | Herrero
Coauthor: Berman | Brown, Betty | Hopson | Kent | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from the motor vehicle sales tax for a limited period.

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 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 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 1715 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Chavez | Chisum | Farabee | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.

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 1863 Author: Berman | Kleinschmidt | Bonnen | Weber | Flynn
Coauthor: Christian | Frost | Hopson | Hughes | Jones | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition from federal regulation.

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 1918 Author: Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Betty | Frost | Heflin | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to changing the name of the Office of Rural Community Affairs to the Texas Department of Rural Affairs.

HB 2070 Author: Cohen | Anchia | Dukes | Pitts | Hartnett
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the fee based on admissions to certain sexually oriented businesses.

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 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 2686 Author: Shelton | Zerwas | Rose | Pitts | Naishtat
Coauthor: Coleman | Davis, John | Dukes | Gonzales | Hartnett | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a pilot project to increase enrollee access to primary care services and simplify enrollment procedures under the child health plan program.

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 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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

HJR 102 Author: Raymond | Chisum | Homer | Hamilton | Pitts
Coauthor: Alvarado | Bolton | Eiland | Farrar | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/01/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to protect the right of the public to access and use public beaches.

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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