| 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 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 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 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 1307 | Author: | Creighton | Sheffield |
| Coauthor: | Crabb | Geren | Jones | Merritt | Parker | |
| Last Action: | 02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on certain districts' Internet websites. |
| HB 1575 | Author: | Isett | Paxton | Crabb | Christian |
| Coauthor: | Berman | Geren | Jones | King, Phil | Laubenberg | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 04/06/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to ad valorem tax relief. |
| HB 1736 | Author: | Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Branch | Hodge | Isett |
| Coauthor: | Gonzales | Guillen | Jones | Kent | King, Susan | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Duncan | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to compensation of and services to persons wrongfully imprisoned. |
| HB 1789 | Author: | Maldonado | Olivo | Martinez, "Mando" | Farias | Alvarado |
| Coauthor: | Bonnen | Cohen | Deshotel | Gattis | Jones | et al. | |
| Sponsor: | Ogden | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to enhance and upgrade sports facilities, coliseums, and multiuse facilities in certain municipalities. |
| 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 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 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 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 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. |
| 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 66 | Author: | Berman |
| Coauthor: | Jones | |
| Last Action: | 03/02/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Memorializing Congress in defense of the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, affirming the right of states to nullify acts of Congress, executive orders, and judicial orders, and asserting that any act, executive order, or judicial order that assumes a power not delegated to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution and which diminishes the liberty of any state or citizen shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution. |
| 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 30 | Author: | Anderson | Paxton |
| Coauthor: | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a rate of the franchise tax be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature. |
| 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. |