Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. David Swinford
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 2/8/2026

Number of Bills: 53

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (34):
HB 786 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the boards of trustees of retirement systems for paid or partly paid firefighters.

HB 813 Author: Swinford | Rose | Eissler | Eiland | Gallego
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 865 Author: Swinford
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee.

HB 957 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/06/2009 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain public officers to the legislature and prohibiting legislators from other public employment.

HB 1466 Author: Swinford
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the theft of a military grave marker.

HB 1605 Author: Swinford | Heflin
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

HB 1617 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/13/2009 S Referred to Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Caption: Relating to limited agricultural cooperatives; providing penalties.

HB 1651 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/03/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the expiration of certain parts of the Texas Economic Development Act.

HB 1690 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/03/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the appointment of a master in chancery for certain appeals to district court from an order of an appraisal review board or from certain orders of the comptroller of public accounts.

HB 2085 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the use of municipal hotel occupancy tax revenue to finance a convention center hotel in certain municipalities.

HB 2151 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock
Caption: Relating to the creation of a fuel ethanol and biodiesel producer loan guarantee program.

HB 2318 Author: Swinford | Guillen
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the fuel ethanol and biodiesel incentive program of the Department of Agriculture.

HB 2366 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas bioenergy fund.

HB 2503 Author: Swinford | Heflin | Jackson, Jim
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to agreements for limitations on appraised value under the Texas Economic Development Act.

HB 2520 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 04/30/2009 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the state's goal for electric generating capacity derived from emerging renewable energy resources.

HB 2812 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the curriculum, funding, promotion, and economic impact of career and technology education in public educational institutions.

HB 3405 Author: Swinford | Anchia
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of a solar generation incentive program.

HB 3406 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certificates of convenience and necessity.

HB 3498 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to an appeal of an order of an appraisal review board to a district court.

HB 3820 Author: Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones
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 3846 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/15/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to the requirement to wear safety apparel and seat belts while operating certain off-highway vehicles; changing the elements of an offense.

HB 3941 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to municipal ordinances governing the installation and operation of distributed renewable generation systems.

HB 4002 Author: Swinford | McReynolds | Gonzalez Toureilles | Kleinschmidt | Aycock
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the funding of the statewide wildfire protection plan at the Texas Forest Service.

HB 4133 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Export Financial Assistance Guarantee Program.

HB 4239 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of a solar and distributed renewable generation incentive program.

HCR 119 Author: Swinford
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating the Panhandle Region of Texas as an official Natural Renewable Resource Area.

HCR 174 Author: Swinford | Lewis | Craddick | Jones | Chisum
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the Texas Department of Transportation to designate the overpass at the intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 338 in Odessa as the Buddy West Memorial Overpass.

HR 529 Author: Swinford | Smithee | Chisum
Last Action: 02/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 25 2009 1:39PM
Caption: Honoring B&W Pantex on earning an outstanding performance rating from the National Nuclear Security Administration.

HR 541 Author: Swinford | Smithee | Chisum | Heflin
Last Action: 02/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 25 2009 1:39PM
Caption: Recognizing February 24, 2009, as Panhandle Day at the State Capitol.

HR 885 Author: Swinford | Chisum | Darby | Heflin | Smithee
Last Action: 03/27/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 27 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Recognizing March 25, 2009, as Texas Wind Energy Day at the State Capitol.

HR 1036 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 03/26/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 26 2009 7:53AM
Caption: Commending Warren Lasher and Dan Woodfin of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas for their award-winning work in behalf of renewable energy transmission infrastructure.

HR 1494 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Filed
Caption: In memory of Steve Wright Sterquell of Amarillo.

HR 1699 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2009 8:00AM
Caption: Recognizing the Texas A&M University Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program and Public Policy Internship Program and the interns for the 81st legislative session.

HR 1820 Author: Swinford
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 8 2009 10:44AM
Caption: Honoring John Lemons on his retirement as superintendent of the Bushland Independent School District.

Joint Author (19):
HB 104 Author: Strama | Crabb | Swinford | Naishtat
Last Action: 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission.

HB 201 Author: Dukes | Swinford | McClendon
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 325 Author: Raymond | Alvarado | Swinford
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.

HB 1127 Author: Heflin | King, Susan | Swinford
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the commissioners court of a county to enter into an ad valorem tax abatement agreement.

HB 1231 Author: Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama | Crownover
Last Action: 05/07/2009 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to providing that the Railroad Commission of Texas is governed by a single railroad commissioner.

HB 1243 Author: Gallego | Farabee | Solomons | Swinford | Coleman
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 05/30/2009 H Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
Caption: Relating to net metering for retail electric service customers and compensation for excess electricity generated by a retail electric customer's on-site generator.

HB 1425 Author: Lewis | Pitts | Craddick | Swinford
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the determination of the population of a county required to develop a juvenile justice alternative education program.

HB 1555 Author: Patrick | McReynolds | Swinford | Bonnen | Oliveira
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to public school finance.

HB 1715 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Homer | Keffer | McReynolds | Swinford
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 1918 Author: Darby | Chisum | Swinford | Keffer | Hardcastle
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 2811 Author: Hardcastle | Deshotel | Solomons | Swinford | Gonzalez Toureilles
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the implementation of and incentives for projects involving the capture, transportation, injection, sequestration, geologic storage, or abatement of carbon dioxide.

HB 3143 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Gonzales | Swinford | Rios Ybarra
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to weight limits on a vehicle loaded with certain agricultural products.

HB 3676 Author: Heflin | Swinford | Strama | Kolkhorst | Gallego
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the Texas Economic Development Act.

HB 4224 Author: Christian | Berman | Swinford | Anderson | Harper-Brown
Last Action: 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the teaching of science in public schools.

HCR 53 Author: Phillips | Swinford | Smithee | Chisum | Homer
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Designating the American quarter horse as the official State Horse of Texas.

HJR 19 Author: Strama | Crabb | Swinford | Naishtat
Last Action: 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to establish legislative and congressional districts and revising constitutional redistricting procedures.

HJR 62 Author: Farabee | Swinford | Smithee | Strama
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.

HR 507 Author: Brown, Fred | Callegari | Swinford | Chisum
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 17 2009 7:45AM
Caption: Honoring Benjamin Nicholas Hughes of College Station for attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

HR 576 Author: Smithee | Swinford | Chisum
Last Action: 02/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: Feb 25 2009 1:39PM
Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Specialist Brandon A. Meyer of Canyon.

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