| HB 133 | Author: | Villarreal | Castro |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to mandatory sales price disclosure in real property sales; providing a civil penalty. |
| HB 134 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to ad valorem taxation. |
| HB 136 | Author: | Villarreal | Marquez | Patrick | Walle | Ortiz, Jr. |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing notification to parents of eligible children of the availability of prekindergarten programs. |
| HB 391 | Author: | Villarreal | Strama |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to limits on political contributions and direct campaign expenditures by individuals, partnerships, partners, and limited liability companies; providing civil and criminal penalties. |
| HB 399 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to state employees' enrollment in the higher education savings plan and the prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program. |
| HB 403 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/03/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the capital improvements that a local government may finance with an impact fee. |
| HB 415 | Author: | Villarreal | Naishtat | Leibowitz |
| Sponsor: | Uresti | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of employer-based day-care facilities. |
| HB 446 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the enforcement of unpaid child support. |
| HB 447 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to liability for failure to comply with a child support lien, court order, or notice of levy. |
| HB 456 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Sponsor: | Van de Putte | |
| Last Action: | 05/20/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2009 1:07PM | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of a dental hygienist to provide services in certain facilities. |
| HB 538 | Author: | Villarreal | Cohen |
| Last Action: | 02/18/2009 H Referred to State Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to the prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. |
| HB 601 | Author: | Villarreal | Chisum |
| Last Action: | 05/04/2009 S Referred to Health & Human Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to licensing requirements of the Department of Family and Protective Services for certain facilities and homes providing child care. |
| HB 657 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the requirement that state agencies purchase low-emissions vehicles as a minimum percentage of their purchased vehicles. |
| HB 674 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to creating a county task force to study collaborative methods for public education cost savings in certain counties. |
| HB 804 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2009 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence | |
| Caption: | Relating to authorizing a power of attorney for the medical care and education of a child. |
| HB 866 | Author: | Villarreal | Howard, Donna |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to a study regarding ad valorem tax relief through the use of a circuit breaker program. |
| HB 891 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Health | |
| Caption: | Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception. |
| HB 892 | Author: | Villarreal | Naishtat | Farrar | Strama |
| Last Action: | 04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the Women's Health Program. |
| HB 893 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Health | |
| Caption: | Relating to the expansion of services provided under the child health plan program for certain adolescents. |
| HB 955 | Author: | Villarreal | Rodriguez | Kent |
| Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to expanding the capacity of volunteer income tax assistance programs. |
| HB 956 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the provision by the Texas Education Agency of federal earned income tax credit educational materials to school districts for distribution to students' parents. |
| HB 986 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Sponsor: | Hinojosa | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately | |
| Caption: | Relating to the appeal of ad valorem tax determinations. |
| HB 1124 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/25/2009 H Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services | |
| Caption: | Relating to the powers of the Credit Union Commission. |
| HB 1240 | Author: | Villarreal | Naishtat | Coleman |
| Sponsor: | Uresti | |
| Last Action: | 05/27/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to information required to be provided to parents of an infant. |
| HB 1241 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to student/teacher ratios and class size limits for prekindergarten classes in public schools. |
| HB 1242 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/26/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to credit toward future coursework for tuition paid to a public institution of higher education for courses dropped by a student who is pregnant or gives birth to a child. |
| HB 1262 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to increasing the number of undergraduate transfer students at general academic teaching institutions. |
| HB 1263 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing an exemption from the administration of certain assessment instruments for certain public school students who are asylees or refugees. |
| HB 1401 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/02/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to an appeal from an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest. |
| HB 1402 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to a periodic review of state and local taxes. |
| HB 1403 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the repeal of state sales tax and franchise tax refunds for certain ad valorem tax payers. |
| HB 1422 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the requirements for a funeral establishment license. |
| HB 1469 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the preparation of carbon dioxide emissions impact statements for legislation pending before the legislature. |
| HB 1567 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar |
| Last Action: | 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to abstinence education in public schools. |
| HB 1674 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to funding for county transportation needs. |
| HB 1935 | Author: | Villarreal | Guillen | Rodriguez | Chavez | Flores |
| Sponsor: | Duncan | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date | |
| Caption: | Relating to the establishment of certain programs to support adult and postsecondary education and workforce development in high-demand occupations and green jobs. |
| HB 1936 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality to exempt a portion of the value of a residence homestead from ad valorem taxation if the homestead meets certain energy efficiency standards. |
| HB 1937 | Author: | Villarreal | Rodriguez |
| Sponsor: | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the voluntary assessment of property owners by a municipality to finance certain energy conservation improvements. |
| HB 1938 | Author: | Villarreal | Naishtat |
| Last Action: | 03/19/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the exclusion of certain college savings plan assets and benefits from eligibility determination for certain public assistance programs. |
| HB 1939 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of facilitators of tax refund anticipation loans. |
| HB 2016 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Referred to Agriculture & Livestock | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of the use of land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural land. |
| HB 2043 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/09/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain reimbursements and discounts provided for collecting sales and use taxes. |
| HB 2316 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/08/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to allowing certain tax units to impose a fee for processing a petition requesting that an area in the unit be designated as a tax increment financing reinvestment zone. |
| HB 2317 | Author: | Villarreal | Flores |
| Sponsor: | Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09 | |
| Caption: | Relating to appraisal review board members. |
| HB 2337 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/10/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to the guaranteed level of state and local funds under the existing debt allotment for school districts whose construction or renovation design plans are highly rated for environmental efficiency. |
| HB 2338 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 05/07/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the refund of the sales taxes imposed on real property repair and remodeling services for certain energy efficient facilities. |
| HB 2363 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/20/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
| Caption: | Relating to the assistance of appraisal districts by the comptroller. |
| HB 2506 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to a limitation on causes of action related to permits issued by political subdivisions. |
| HB 2659 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth. |
| HB 2688 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/16/2009 H Referred to County Affairs | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of certain counties to establish economic development projects or create improvement districts to construct educational facilities. |
| HB 3110 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to a kindergarten-plus pilot project for certain children. |
| HB 3111 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to authorizing Bexar County to issue bonds or notes to finance the acquisition of real property and the construction of a building or facility on the property for use by an institution of higher education and to pledge for repayment of those bonds or notes increases in revenues from ad valorem taxes imposed by the county and other political subdivisions on property located in a designated area of the county. |
| HB 3360 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to providing an exemption from the administration of certain assessment instruments for certain public school students who are asylees or refugees. |
| HB 3361 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to a study by the comptroller on the use of call options by state government as a hedge against inflation in the cost of commodities purchased by state government. |
| HB 3362 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar | Menendez |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Health | |
| Caption: | Relating to a managed care pilot program to prevent high-risk pregnancies that result in the birth of premature or low birth weight infants. |
| HB 3363 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar | Menendez |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Health | |
| Caption: | Relating to a Medicaid managed care pilot program to prevent high-risk pregnancies that result in the birth of premature or low birth weight infants. |
| HB 3937 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/20/2009 H No action taken in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of certain counties to issue short-term bonds. |
| HB 3938 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/23/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to renaming the TEXAS Grant program. |
| HB 3939 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/23/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to limitations on the total amount of tuition and mandatory academic fees charged to resident undergraduate students at general academic teaching institutions. |
| HB 3940 | Author: | Villarreal | Rose |
| Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain employees of the legislative branch. |
| HB 4023 | Author: | Villarreal | Farrar |
| Last Action: | 04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to a study and report on the feasibility of providing services and benefits under federally funded public benefit programs to encourage fathers' involvement beginning during pregnancy. |
| HB 4039 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the protest of a rendition penalty. |
| HB 4040 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 05/06/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to procedural requirements of an appeal from an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest. |
| HB 4041 | Author: | Villarreal | Otto |
| Last Action: | 05/14/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to an appeal from an order of an appraisal review board determining a protest. |
| HB 4200 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to state assistance to fund public school instructional facilities in fast-growing school districts. |
| HB 4201 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 05/07/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted | |
| Caption: | Relating to a credit or reimbursement of the motor vehicle sales tax paid on uncollectable payments. |
| HB 4403 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the filling of a vacancy in state judicial offices by appointment. |
| HB 4404 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to repealing the tuition set aside requirement for the B-On-Time program. |
| HB 4405 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/25/2009 H Referred to Higher Education | |
| Caption: | Relating to establishment of the TEXAS Grant early enrollment guarantee program. |
| HB 4526 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 05/06/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to the disclosure of charges for motor vehicle repairs; providing a civil penalty. |
| HB 4527 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/26/2009 H Referred to Elections | |
| Caption: | Relating to the regulation of political contributions and expenditures by certain political subdivisions; providing penalties. |
| HJR 22 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 02/12/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the ad valorem taxation of a residence homestead solely on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead; and authorizing the legislature to provide that ad valorem tax appraisal services in any county are under the jurisdiction of the entity specified by the legislature, to provide for the consolidation of ad valorem tax appraisal services, and to provide for enforcement of ad valorem tax standards and procedures by the specified entity. |
| HJR 75 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governing body of a municipality to exempt a portion of the value of a residence homestead from ad valorem taxation if the homestead meets certain energy efficiency standards. |
| HJR 93 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing Bexar County to issue bonds or notes to finance the acquisition of real property and the construction of a building or facility on the property for use by an institution of higher education and to pledge for repayment of those bonds or notes increases in revenues from ad valorem taxes imposed by the county and other political subdivisions on property located in a designated area of the county. |
| HJR 138 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment for filling vacancies in the offices of justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of criminal appeals, and district judges by appointment. |
| HR 193 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 01/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jan 28 2009 4:55PM | |
| Caption: | Recognizing January 30, 2009, as Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day. |
| HR 1118 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/01/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 1 2009 7:52AM | |
| Caption: | Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the publication of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. |
| HR 1532 | Author: | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/28/2009 H Reported enrolled: Apr 28 2009 7:55AM | |
| Caption: | Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the creation of the TEXAS Grant program. |
| HB 741 | Author: | Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen |
| Last Action: | 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools. |
| HB 826 | Author: | Gattis | Villarreal | Sheffield | Howard, Donna |
| Last Action: | 03/04/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the relationship between the amount of an administrative penalty imposed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the economic benefit of the violation to the alleged violator. |
| HB 1289 | Author: | Gutierrez | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the tax imposed on certain tobacco products. |
| HB 1391 | Author: | Strama | Miklos | Villarreal | Pena | Bolton |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the promotion and use of renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improvements; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds. |
| HB 1516 | Author: | Kent | Anchia | Veasey | Bolton | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 03/02/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means | |
| Caption: | Relating to the calculation of the rollback tax rate of a school district. |
| HB 2165 | Author: | Rose | Pena | Villarreal |
| Sponsor: | Wentworth | |
| Last Action: | 05/22/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain open-space land devoted principally to ecological research. |
| HB 2753 | Author: | Farias | Strama | Villarreal | Rodriguez |
| Last Action: | 05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the voluntary assessment of property owners by a county to finance certain solar energy improvements. |
| HB 2828 | Author: | Menendez | Paxton | Hilderbran | Villarreal | Oliveira |
| Sponsor: | Lucio | |
| Last Action: | 05/23/2009 S Left pending in committee | |
| Caption: | Relating to the ad valorem taxation of property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing. |
| 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 3612 | Author: | Otto | Oliveira | Villarreal | Gattis | Truitt |
| Sponsor: | Williams | |
| Last Action: | 06/19/2009 E Effective on 1/1/10 | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a pilot program that allows taxpayer appeals from certain appraisal review board determinations in certain counties to be heard by the State Office of Administrative Hearings. |
| HB 3699 | Author: | Isett | Villarreal |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars | |
| Caption: | Relating to eligibility for and the effect for school finance purposes of the ad valorem tax exemption for pollution control property and the adjustment of the rollback tax rate of a taxing unit to compensate for the costs of compliance with pollution control requirements. |
| HB 4613 | Author: | Oliveira | Smith, Todd | Villarreal | Isett | Kuempel |
| Last Action: | 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation, operations and financing of tax increment reinvestment zones. |