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

Number of Bills: 50

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 7 Author: Hilderbran | Homer
Coauthor: Woolley
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks, the transfer of a historic site from the Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission, and the general rulemaking authority of the Parks and Wildlife Commission.

HB 8 Author: Otto | Oliveira | Darby | Quintanilla | Elkins
Coauthor: Allen | Branch | Harless | Moody | Parker | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10
Caption: Relating to certain studies and reviews of appraisal districts conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.

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 110 Author: Pena | Rios Ybarra | Guillen | Lucio III | Gonzales
Coauthor: Woolley
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 125 Author: Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.

HB 127 Author: Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Button | Crabb | Elkins | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

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 206 Author: Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Kent | Anchia | Davis, John
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.

HB 209 Author: Bohac | Harless
Coauthor: Berman | Crabb | Elkins | Fletcher | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the determination of the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HB 267 Author: Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes
Coauthor: Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.

HB 410 Author: Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action: 05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 417 Author: Callegari | Orr | Pickett | Menendez | Hodge
Coauthor: Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | et al.
Last Action: 04/16/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the acquisition of and compensation for real property, including blighted property, for public purposes through condemnation or certain other means.

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 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 700 Author: Zerwas | Callegari | Kleinschmidt | King, Phil | Creighton
Coauthor: Crabb | Parker | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the limitation on increases in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

HB 853 Author: Laubenberg | Rodriguez | Gutierrez | Leibowitz | Chavez
Coauthor: Anderson | Lucio III | Woolley
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 05/30/2009 H Senate appoints conferees-reported
Caption: Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.

HB 979 Author: Callegari | King, Phil | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Creighton | Kleinschmidt | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a limitation on the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes of 110 percent of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HB 994 Author: Paxton | Christian | King, Phil | Hughes | Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action: 02/23/2009 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption: Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.

HB 1047 Author: Deshotel | Paxton | Phillips
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Darby | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the permissible uses of the state highway fund.

HB 1176 Author: Crownover | Zerwas | Berman | Hancock | Patrick
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents.

HB 1348 Author: Christian | Gattis | Miller, Sid | Anderson | Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to initial claims under the unemployment compensation system.

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 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 1814 Author: Vo | Callegari
Coauthor: Bohac | Legler | Woolley
Last Action: 05/01/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the ballot language for junior college district annexation elections.

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 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 2110 Author: Hughes
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Callegari | Christian | Davis, John | Flynn | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the applicability of the Private Real Property Rights Preservation Act to certain governmental actions.

HB 2291 Author: Gattis | Oliveira | Paxton | Pena | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the procedure to be used by a taxing unit in adopting an ad valorem tax rate.

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 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 3769 Author: Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties.

HB 3816 Author: Brown, Fred | Fletcher | Callegari | Howard, Charlie | Elkins
Coauthor: Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Chisum | Crabb | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Medical Board.

HB 4009 Author: Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.

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 4765 Author: Oliveira | Paxton | Hopson | Callegari | Creighton
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick, Dan
Last Action: 06/16/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the computation of the franchise tax.

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.

HJR 21 Author: Callegari | Fletcher | Zerwas | Harper-Brown | Pickett
Coauthor: Crabb | Flynn | King, Phil | Kleinschmidt | Parker | et al.
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to set a lower limit on the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.

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 38 Author: King, Phil | Bohac | Flynn | Paxton | Christian
Coauthor: Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Fletcher | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the rainy day fund and dedicating certain surplus revenues to property tax reduction.

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 42 Author: Zerwas
Coauthor: Crabb | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HJR 49 Author: Callegari | King, Phil | Zerwas | Fletcher | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Kleinschmidt | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes to 110 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HJR 51 Author: Brown, Betty
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HJR 61 Author: Howard, Charlie
Coauthor: Crabb | Kleinschmidt | Weber | Woolley
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to limit the maximum appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes to 105 percent or more of the appraised value of the property for the preceding tax year.

HR 454 Author: Harless | Laubenberg | Branch
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption: Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.

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