Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Jr.
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 69

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 67 Author: Lucio III | Jackson, Jim | Martinez, "Mando" | Edwards | Herrero
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Bolton | Chavez | Farias | et al.
Last Action: 05/01/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a medical assistance buy-in program for children with certain developmental disabilities.

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 222 Author: Menendez
Coauthor: Guillen | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the authorization and regulation of poker gaming and the duties of the Texas Lottery Commission; providing civil and criminal penalties.

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 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 360 Author: Kuempel | Herrero
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 05/26/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the crediting and charging of investment gains and losses on the assets held in trust by the Texas Municipal Retirement System and providing a guaranteed minimum credit to employee accounts.

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 482 Author: Rodriguez | Lucio III | Leibowitz | Martinez, "Mando" | Farias
Coauthor: Gallego | Guillen | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Caption: Relating to programs to increase the availability of fresh produce to, and the purchase and consumption of fresh produce by, certain low-income individuals.

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 610 Author: Naishtat | Herrero | Edwards | Menendez | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Guillen | Kent | King, Susan | Maldonado | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Legislative Committee on Aging and other initiatives relating to the aging population of this state.

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 720 Author: Creighton | Parker | Lucio III | Paxton | Guillen
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

HB 741 Author: Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen
Coauthor: Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Farias | et al.
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.

HB 748 Author: Darby | Herrero | King, Susan
Coauthor: Aycock | Ortiz, Jr. | Veasey
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the provision of services to certain individuals with developmental disabilities by a state school or state center.

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 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 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 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 887 Author: Naishtat | Menendez
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/12/2009 S Referred to Administration
Caption: Relating to a court's authority to order a proposed patient to receive extended outpatient mental health services.

HB 978 Author: Burnam | Lucio III | Naishtat | Farrar
Coauthor: Farias | Gonzales | Moody | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the employment rights of certain individuals with disabilities.

HB 1007 Author: Allen | Davis, Yvonne | Chavez
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/06/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the expiration of a stored value card.

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 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 1358 Author: Keffer | Rose | Morrison | Kolkhorst | Thompson
Coauthor: Button | Flores | Gonzales | Guillen | Hartnett | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.

HB 1506 Author: Herrero | Leibowitz | Bolton | Gattis
Coauthor: Cohen | Farias | Marquez | Olivo | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the imposition of conditions on certain defendants charged with an offense involving family violence.

HB 1594 Author: Anchia | Walle | Hodge | Miklos | Thibaut
Coauthor: Alvarado | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | et al.
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption: Relating to regulation of property and casualty insurance rates.

HB 1672 Author: Crownover | Zerwas | Coleman | Dukes | Shelton
Coauthor: Gonzalez Toureilles | Maldonado | Naishtat | Ortiz, Jr. | Pierson
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to newborn screening.

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 1694 Author: Strama | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Alvarado | Farrar | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the improvement of women's health by providing certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

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 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 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 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 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 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 2191 Author: Veasey | Pickett | Leibowitz | Chavez | Moody
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to prohibiting contact between an employee of a facility that serves the elderly or disabled persons, whose criminal history has not been verified, and a patient or resident of the facility.

HB 2250 Author: Hunter | Gonzalez Toureilles | Fletcher
Coauthor: Callegari | Gonzales | Hughes | Miller, Sid | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to payment of claims to pharmacies and pharmacists.

HB 2454 Author: Eiland | Truitt | Bonnen | Herrero
Coauthor: Davis, John | Gonzalez Toureilles | Hardcastle | Hughes | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 03/11/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Caption: Relating to a one-time supplemental annuity payment by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

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 2492 Author: Strama | Marquez | Rodriguez | Lucio III | Chisum
Coauthor: Alvarado | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation, operation, and funding of the Texas Sustainable Youth Program.

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 2623 Author: Deshotel | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen
Coauthor: Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Edwards | Gonzales | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.

HB 2636 Author: Castro
Coauthor: Alvarado | Gonzales | Ortiz, Jr. | Villarreal
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an employment services program to assist certain unemployed or underemployed child support obligors.

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 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 3076 Author: Deshotel | Eissler
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness program used in the health curriculum for public schools.

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 3543 Author: Lucio III | Creighton | Herrero | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Moody | Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the creation of a Don't Mess with Texas Water program to prevent illegal dumping that affects the surface waters of this state.

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 3744 Author: Marquez | Anchia | Farias | Kent | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Farrar | Naishtat | Olivo | Ortiz, Jr. | Rodriguez | et al.
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of credit services organizations.

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 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.

HCR 95 Author: Anchia | Naishtat | Marquez | Burnam | Menendez
Coauthor: Castro | Farrar | Hernandez | Kent | Olivo | et al.
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security consider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families with children.

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 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.

HJR 84 Author: Coleman | Farabee | Kuempel | Homer | Anderson
Coauthor: Allen | Berman | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing a state mandate imposed on a county to have effect only if the state provides for payment to the county of the cost of the mandate.

HR 351 Author: Hunter
Coauthor: Herrero | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 02/13/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 13 2009 8:02AM
Caption: Welcoming Leadership Corpus Christi to the State 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.

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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