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

Number of Bills: 97

HB 3 Author: Eissler | Hochberg | Keffer | Dutton | Raymond
Coauthor: Bohac | Bolton | Button | Cohen | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to public school accountability, curriculum, and promotion requirements.

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 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 38 Author: Corte | Guillen | Maldonado | Flores | Gattis
Coauthor: Aycock | Button | Edwards | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kent | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to resident tuition rates at public institutions of higher education for certain veterans and their spouses and children.

HB 40 Author: Corte | Laubenberg | Anchia
Coauthor: Howard, Charlie | Leibowitz | Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to regulations on certain complementary and alternative health care services.

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 83 Author: Martinez, "Mando" | Gonzales | Chavez
Coauthor: Leibowitz | Rios Ybarra
Last Action: 03/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to establishing a health science center and medical school in the Rio Grande Valley.

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 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 230 Author: Pitts | Anderson | Dunnam | Gattis | Maldonado
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Last Action: 05/14/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to exempting certain schools, nonprofit athletic or sports associations, municipally owned facilities, summer camps, places of worship, and fairgrounds from certain demand charges by transmission and distribution utilities.

HB 232 Author: Rodriguez | Harless | Turner, Sylvester | Naishtat | Guillen
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to grants for community-based telephone voice-mail services for individuals in crisis or in transition and to the rate and uses of the universal service fund fee.

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 281 Author: Anchia | Zerwas | King, Susan | Coleman | Guillen
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to grants for school-based health centers and reports submitted by those centers.

HB 284 Author: Anchia | Bohac | Walle | Howard, Donna | Lucio III
Coauthor: Allen | Burnam | Farrar | Leibowitz | Madden | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to reporting of international shipments of electronic waste.

HB 394 Author: Rose | Strama | Rodriguez | Harless | Parker
Coauthor: Aycock | Castro | Edwards | Frost | Gallego | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit certain small businesses and certain projects.

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 494 Author: Zerwas
Coauthor: Anchia | Creighton | Leibowitz | Otto
Last Action: 05/07/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to involuntary termination of parental rights based on attempted murder or solicitation of murder of the child's other parent.

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 575 Author: Sheffield | Gattis | Laubenberg | Turner, Sylvester | Edwards
Coauthor: Aycock | Berman | Eissler | Hamilton | Legler | et al.
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Returned to Calendars Committee
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the disclosure and use of certain information recorded or collected by a transponder used to electronically assess or collect a toll.

HB 598 Author: Hughes | Paxton | Madden | Lewis | Eiland
Coauthor: Button | Guillen | Leibowitz | Miller, Doug | Miller, Sid | et al.
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the information displayed on certain licenses.

HB 608 Author: Castro | Ortiz, Jr. | Moody | Herrero
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to posttrial psychological counseling for jurors in a criminal trial or juvenile adjudication hearing involving graphic evidence or testimony.

HB 639 Author: Thompson | Anchia | Burnam | Naishtat | Christian
Coauthor: Alonzo | Chavez | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | Leibowitz | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.

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 671 Author: Darby | Fletcher
Coauthor: Aycock | Button | Gallego | Legler | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the penalty for theft from a nonprofit organization or by Medicare providers.

HB 681 Author: Farrar | Rios Ybarra | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/12/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring warning signs regarding mercury levels in certain fish.

HB 710 Author: Rose | Howard, Donna | Maldonado | Cohen | Bolton
Coauthor: Leibowitz | Marquez | Moody
Last Action: 05/06/2009 H Failed to pass
Caption: Relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.

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 770 Author: Howard, Donna | Eiland | Ritter | Elkins | Taylor
Coauthor: Bohac | Legler | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption: Relating to ad valorem tax relief for an owner of certain property, including a residence homestead that is rendered uninhabitable or unusable by a casualty or by wind or water damage, and to a restriction on the authority to bring an action to remove a house that is partially located on a public beach as a result of a meteorological event.

HB 775 Author: Miklos | Fletcher | Weber | Turner, Chris | Edwards
Coauthor: Anderson | Button | Leibowitz | Miller, Doug
Last Action: 05/06/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the penalty for theft of a central air-conditioning unit.

HB 795 Author: Chisum | Cohen | Naishtat | Thompson | Branch
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

HB 873 Author: Dukes | Pitts | McCall | Cook | Homer
Coauthor: Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 04/23/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

HB 1038 Author: Paxton | Zerwas | Harless | Gattis | Truitt
Coauthor: Aycock | Christian | Howard, Charlie | Leibowitz | Shelton
Sponsor: Patrick, Dan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption: Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for purposes of ad valorem taxation.

HB 1043 Author: Orr | Rodriguez | Parker | Strama | Shelton
Coauthor: Guillen | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the creation of business opportunities for certain former foster children.

HB 1109 Author: Anchia
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to late fees under a residential lease.

HB 1146 Author: Anchia | Davis, Yvonne | Miklos | Kent | Mallory Caraway
Coauthor: Chavez | Leibowitz
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the hours worked during a week by firefighters in certain municipalities.

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 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 1303 Author: Menendez | Homer | Geren | Gattis | Pitts
Coauthor: Bohac | Bonnen | Chavez | Edwards | Flores | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to continued health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.

HB 1462 Author: Pickett | Herrero | Moody | Guillen
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to leave for certain state employees who volunteer or participate in training for Court Appointed Special Advocates.

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 1574 Author: Thompson | Pitts | Geren | Alonzo | Gonzales
Coauthor: Flores | Guillen | Kent | Leibowitz | Pena
Sponsor: Gallegos
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to services for persons with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders and their families.

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 1637 Author: Turner, Chris | Chavez | Edwards
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to normal weekly hours of work under the shared work unemployment compensation program.

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 1684 Author: Brown, Betty | Anderson | Aycock | Gonzalez Toureilles | Chisum
Coauthor: Darby | Gallego | Guillen | Kleinschmidt | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 05/26/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the creation and administration of the rural veterinarian loan repayment program.

HB 1783 Author: Solomons | Bohac | Maldonado | Miller, Doug
Coauthor: Branch | Button | Cook | Leibowitz | Miller, Sid | et al.
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the Internet broadcasting of Public Utility Commission of Texas and ERCOT public hearings and meetings.

HB 1799 Author: Bohac | Elkins | Solomons | Hilderbran | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Branch | Guillen | Leibowitz | Turner, Chris
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to information that must be included on certain electric bills.

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 1813 Author: Vo
Coauthor: Branch | Gallego | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 05/20/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the punishment for tampering with certain governmental records concerning forensic analyses.

HB 1835 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Martinez Fischer | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | et al.
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the provision of commercial mobile service to customers.

HB 1850 Author: Lucio III
Coauthor: Leibowitz | Rios Ybarra
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to changing the name of the South Texas Health Care System to the Rio Grande State Center.

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 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 1949 Author: Rios Ybarra
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the issuance and execution of agriculture warrants; creating an offense.

HB 1953 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland
Coauthor: Allen | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | Coleman | et al.
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the provision of video programming service to consumers.

HB 1954 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Hodge | Gonzales | Eiland
Coauthor: Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Chavez | Coleman | et al.
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the provision of Internet service to consumers.

HB 2013 Author: Keffer
Coauthor: Bohac | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kleinschmidt | Legler | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain volunteer firefighters enrolled in fire science courses.

HB 2018 Author: Strama | Guillen | Alvarado
Coauthor: Branch | Leibowitz
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the inclusion of a student representative on a district-level planning and decision-making committee.

HB 2027 Author: Zerwas | Hartnett | Martinez, "Mando" | Branch
Coauthor: King, Susan | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to adoption of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act; providing criminal penalties.

HB 2037 Author: Howard, Donna | Anchia | Branch | Eissler | Guillen
Coauthor: Chavez | Leibowitz
Last Action: 05/04/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Permanent School Fund Management Council to manage the permanent school fund; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2064 Author: Smithee | Hardcastle | Eiland | Bohac | Alonzo
Coauthor: Burnam | Flores | Gonzales | Herrero | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 05/30/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption: Relating to premium discounts for certain participants in the Texas Health Insurance Risk Pool and to funding for those discounts through certain penalties.

HB 2066 Author: Gallego | Moody | Bolton
Coauthor: Leibowitz | Lucio III | Vaught
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to enhancing penalties for assaulting a family member by strangulation or suffocation.

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 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 2507 Author: Chisum | Gallego | Merritt | Gonzales | Corte
Coauthor: Alvarado | Berman | Guillen | Leibowitz | Lucio III
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/25/2009 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an interoperable statewide emergency radio infrastructure and the establishment of an emergency radio infrastructure account.

HB 2557 Author: Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Last Action: 04/27/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the evaluation of highway or other mobility projects as toll projects by the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 2656 Author: Miller, Doug | Truitt | Herrero | Hunter | Gutierrez
Coauthor: Bohac | Brown, Fred | Button | Christian | Davis, John | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the composition of the board of trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 2661 Author: Darby
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to jurisdiction over a wage claim filed after the deadline.

HB 2696 Author: Gattis
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to arbitration proceedings.

HB 2806 Author: Maldonado | Corte | Fletcher | Pena | Edwards
Coauthor: Callegari | Legler | Leibowitz | Miller, Sid | Moody | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the reinstatement of a firefighter or police officer to a previously held position based on seniority on the return of another firefighter or police officer from a military leave of absence.

HB 2833 Author: Marquez
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to certain building code standards applicable to the unincorporated areas of certain counties; providing a 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 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 3611 Author: Otto | Oliveira | Hilderbran | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Aycock | Button | Callegari | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the consolidation of appraisal review boards.

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 3634 Author: Geren | Rose | Callegari | Gattis | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor: Kent | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/27/2009 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to creditable service in the Employees Retirement System of Texas and the transfer of that credit between classes of membership for certain state employees.

HB 3653 Author: Marquez | Olivo | King, Susan | Madden | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Davis, Wendy
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the use of restraints to control the movement of pregnant women and female children confined in certain correctional facilities in this state.

HB 4261 Author: Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer
Coauthor: Anchia | Burnam | Button | Cohen | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to establishing a no-interest loan program to promote the use of energy efficiency measures and renewable energy technology in certain residential dwellings, commercial buildings, and places of worship.

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 4328 Author: Strama
Coauthor: Alvarado | Leibowitz | Lucio III
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Interagency Literacy Council for the study, promotion, and enhancement of literacy in this state.

HB 4451 Author: McReynolds | Miller, Sid | Marquez
Coauthor: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to continuity of care services or mental health commitment proceedings for youth with mental illness or mental retardation who are transferred, discharged, or paroled from the Texas Youth Commission.

HB 4471 Author: Kolkhorst | Howard, Donna | Shelton | Ortiz, Jr. | King, Susan
Coauthor: Bohac | Branch | Button | Gallego | Leibowitz | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the professional nursing shortage reduction program.

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.

HJR 14 Author: Corte | Hilderbran | Anderson | Paxton | Hughes
Coauthor: Harper-Brown | Legler | Leibowitz | Orr | Pena | et al.
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing constitutional amendments limiting the public taking of private property, establishing the national research university fund to fund emerging research universities, and eliminating the higher education fund.

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 36 Author: Otto | Guillen | Rose
Coauthor: Eissler | Heflin | Leibowitz | Moody | Quintanilla | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/03/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; authorizing the legislature to authorize a single board of equalization for two or more adjoining appraisal entities that elect to provide for consolidated equalizations; and authorizing the legislature to provide for the administration and enforcement of uniform standards and procedures for appraisal of property for ad valorem tax purposes.

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 77 Author: Howard, Donna | Anchia | Eissler | Chisum | Dutton
Coauthor: Guillen | Leibowitz
Last Action: 05/11/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to create the Permanent School Fund Management Council to assume the duty of the State Board of Education to manage the permanent school fund and to allow the School Land Board to transfer funds from the permanent school fund to the available school fund.

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.

HR 2886 Author: Maldonado | Geren | McClendon | Dunnam | Taylor
Coauthor: Allen | Bolton | Davis, Yvonne | Gattis | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action: 06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption: Honoring the staff of the housekeeping/grounds and maintenance divisions of the State Preservation Board for their role in preserving the Texas State Capitol.

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