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

Number of Bills: 47

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (26):
HB 450 Author: Taylor | Legler | Bohac
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exempting certain hurricane preparation supplies from the sales tax for a limited period.

HB 831 Author: Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.

HB 4406 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the application process for a license to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 4407 Author: Taylor | Shelton | Branch
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 05/26/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to rules concerning administration and maintenance of anaphylaxis medicine on public school campuses.

HB 4408 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 05/15/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to contracts for the disposal of dredged material from a portion of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway.

HB 4409 Author: Taylor | Eiland | Guillen
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to emergency preparation and management.

HB 4410 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 05/15/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to benefits payable under certain health coverages.

HB 4411 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a central database containing information about persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication for certain offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance.

HB 4412 Author: Taylor
Sponsor: Patrick, Dan
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the arbitration deposit required for an appeal through binding arbitration of appraisal review board orders involving multiple tracts of land.

HB 4413 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the required notice of a public hearing on the adoption of an ad valorem tax rate by the governing body of a taxing unit.

HB 4414 Author: Taylor | Harper-Brown
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the application of the sunset review process to the office of vehicle fleet management.

HB 4651 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 03/26/2009 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the sovereign immunity of certain local governmental entities regarding certain contracts.

HB 4660 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Intergovernmental Relations
Caption: Relating to the use of interest generated by certain escrow accounts maintained in the depository of certain counties.

HB 4723 Author: Taylor
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Bayview Municipal Utility District of Galveston County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

HB 4798 Author: Taylor
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the creation of the League City Improvement District; providing authority to impose an assessment, impose a sales and use tax, and issue bonds.

HCR 42 Author: Taylor
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 03/06/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Welcoming the League City Chamber of Commerce and its legislative committee on their visit to the State Capitol.

HCR 287 Author: Taylor
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make corrections in H.B. No. 4409.

HR 160 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 01/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jan 28 2009 4:55PM
Caption: Honoring the Friendswood High School Campus Singers on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol on January 26, 2009.

HR 412 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption: Honoring the Lighthouse Charity Team of Friendswood on 25 years of service.

HR 776 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 03/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 19 2009 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring Bay Area Charter School, Inc., and welcoming a delegation from Ed White Memorial High School in League City to the State Capitol on March 12, 2009.

HR 798 Author: Taylor | Eiland
Last Action: 05/21/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 21 2009 2:00PM
Caption: Expressing opposition to any federal legislation that would create an optional federal charter for insurers.

HR 803 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 31 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Honoring Leadership Friendswood.

HR 804 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 31 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the construction of the Butler Building in League City.

HR 1217 Author: Taylor | Eiland
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 15 2009 10:44AM
Caption: In memory of Therese Fitzgerald Deats of Dickinson.

HR 1473 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Honoring former Alaska state senator and native Texan Lyda Green on her many accomplishments.

HR 2518 Author: Taylor
Last Action: 05/25/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 25 2009 11:46AM
Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Sergeant Gregory Daniel Unruh of Dickinson.

Joint Author (21):
HB 73 Author: Flynn | Taylor
Last Action: 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the criminal offenses applicable to gambling and gambling devices.

HB 464 Author: Paxton | Hughes | Taylor | Laubenberg
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the preparation by the Legislative Budget Board of a dynamic fiscal impact statement for certain bills and joint resolutions affecting taxes and fees.

HB 770 Author: Howard, Donna | Eiland | Ritter | Elkins | Taylor
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 794 Author: King, Phil | Paxton | Taylor | Hilderbran | Guillen
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.

HB 959 Author: Bonnen | Pena | Taylor | King, Phil
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of the residence homesteads of certain volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services volunteers.

HB 1896 Author: Davis, John | Taylor | Eiland | Turner, Sylvester
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax of boat slip rental fees charged at certain marinas severely damaged by Hurricane Ike.

HB 2391 Author: England | Taylor | Hilderbran
Last Action: 05/07/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a franchise tax exclusion for contractual flow-through funds paid to certain performing artists.

HB 2944 Author: Harper-Brown | Taylor
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the franchise tax rates.

HB 3119 Author: Alvarado | Howard, Charlie | Villarreal | Taylor
Sponsor: Jackson, Mike
Last Action: 05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of a pilot program to provide certain taxable entities with a franchise tax credit for the acquisition and installation of certain air quality monitoring devices to monitor the emission of air contaminants.

HB 3613 Author: Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena
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 3640 Author: Hunter | Eiland | Ritter | Taylor | Herrero
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the operation and alternative funding sources for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

HB 4017 Author: Weber | Bonnen | Taylor | Eiland
Last Action: 04/16/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a self-determination pilot program by the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

HB 4261 Author: Rodriguez | Gallego | Harless | Taylor | Keffer
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 4586 Author: Pitts | Eiland | Taylor
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to making supplemental appropriations and reductions in appropriations and giving direction and adjustment authority and prescribing limitations regarding appropriations.

HB 4808 Author: Hunter | Taylor | Hancock | Driver
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Calhoun County Groundwater Conservation District.

HCR 172 Author: Legler | Davis, John | Taylor | Smith, Wayne | Weber
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 05/01/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Congratulating Michelle Jackson on her selection as the 2009 Cherry Blossom Princess for the State of Texas.

HCR 258 Author: Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Dunnam | Taylor
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 48 Author: Bonnen | Pena | Taylor | King, Phil
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the assessed value of the residence homesteads of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services volunteers.

HR 701 Author: Davis, John | Taylor | Eiland | Eissler | Legler
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Urging Congress to fully fund the National Aeronautics and Space Administration budget request in support of the U.S. Space Exploration Policy, as submitted to Congress for Fiscal Year 2010.

HR 1341 Author: Davis, John | Legler | Taylor | Weber | Smith, Wayne
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM
Caption: Honoring the members of Bay Area Republican Women for their contributions to their communities.

HR 2886 Author: Maldonado | Geren | McClendon | Dunnam | Taylor
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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