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

Number of Bills: 41

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 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 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 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 201 Author: Dukes | Swinford | McClendon
Coauthor: Eiland | Farabee | Flores | Howard, Donna | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to state financial assistance to school districts that make contributions for social security coverage.

HB 543 Author: Raymond
Coauthor: Bolton | Christian | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by institutions of higher education; providing penalties.

HB 544 Author: Raymond
Coauthor: Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action: 05/14/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the filing of an application for a place on the general primary election ballot.

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 801 Author: Guillen | Anchia | Burnam | Edwards | Parker
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Bonnen | Dukes | Farrar | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund in certain business entities doing business in Sudan.

HB 831 Author: Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Coauthor: Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.

HB 1102 Author: Vo | Thibaut | Zerwas | Legler | Anchia
Coauthor: Allen | Brown, Fred | Christian | Farrar | Keffer | et al.
Last Action: 02/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.

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 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 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 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 1764 Author: Woolley | Hardcastle | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Bolton | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | Rose
Last Action: 03/03/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.

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 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 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 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 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 2139 Author: McClendon | Alonzo | Gutierrez | Farias
Coauthor: Martinez, "Mando"
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/30/2009 H Conf. Comm. Report printed and distributed: May 30 2009 11:48PM
Caption: Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs.

HB 2487 Author: Eiland | Thompson
Coauthor: Bonnen | Deshotel | Martinez, "Mando" | Ortiz, Jr. | Woolley
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment, funding, and operation of the Texas natural disaster catastrophe fund and the disaster preparedness and mitigation grant council.

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 3820 Author: Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Chisum | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General.

HB 3950 Author: Turner, Chris | Raymond | Guillen | Pena
Coauthor: Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Herrero | Martinez, "Mando" | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the temporary housing in a housing facility of a public university of certain veterans receiving health care treatment.

HB 3953 Author: Turner, Chris | Raymond | Pena | Guillen
Coauthor: Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | Herrero | Martinez, "Mando" | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from the state hotel occupancy tax for certain veterans traveling to receive health care at a United States Department of Veterans Affairs facility.

HB 4347 Author: Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor: Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption: Relating to adoption of a consumer bill of rights for insurance coverage obtained through the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

HCR 61 Author: Herrero | Gattis | Truitt | Kent | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Anchia | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

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 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 289 Author: Alonzo | Lucio III | Flores | Pena | Gonzales
Coauthor: Hernandez | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action: 02/10/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 10 2009 12:42PM
Caption: Welcoming Hamid Name Pineda, mayor of Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, Mexico, on the occasion of his visit to the Texas Capitol.

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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