Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Sen. Rodney Ellis
76th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 11/8/2025

Number of Bills: 80

Sponsor (80):
HB 82 Author: Solomons
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the method by which a county reconstitutes the jury wheel, to the duty of the Department of Public Safety to remove certain names from a list used to reconstitute the jury wheel, and to the selection and service of jurors in certain counties.

HB 91 Author: Giddings | Thompson | Chavez | Clark | Danburg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to prohibiting female genital mutilation; imposing a penalty.

HB 217 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective with 1999-2000 school year
Caption: Relating to excused absences from public school attendance for the purpose of observing religious holy days.

HB 221 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the appointment of members to the Board of Law Examiners.

HB 245 Author: Gallego | Naishtat
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the procedures for determining whether a defendant sentenced to death is incompetent for purposes of execution.

HB 251 Author: Puente
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/12/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to a limitation on a juvenile's right to appeal after a plea or stipulation of evidence in juvenile court.

HB 351 Author: Denny
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the civil liability of a county tax assessor-collector.

HB 400 Author: Thompson | Haggerty | Puente | Naishtat | Cuellar
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the creation and composition of certain district courts and to the duties of the district attorney of the 63rd Judicial District.

HB 499 Author: Ramsay | Telford | Lengefeld | Staples
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the rate rollback for certain lines of insurance.

HB 509 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to disputes concerning enforcement of deed restrictions in justice court.

HB 512 Author: Gray | McReynolds
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the admissibility in a civil action of certain communications of sympathy.

HB 625 Author: Reyna, Arthur
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the hearing date on an adoption.

HB 688 Author: Gallego
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/12/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and authority of a justice or municipal court concerning a child and the parent, managing conservator, or guardian of the child.

HB 713 Author: Cuellar | Rangel | Capelo | Uresti | Brown, Fred
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success (TEXAS) grant program and the Teach for Texas Grant Program; consolidating and revising financial aid, grant, and scholarship programs; and providing for the education, certification, and recruitment of teachers and faculty instructors.

HB 731 Author: Thompson | Clark
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to municipal courts of record.

HB 780 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to designation of a municipal court judge as a member of a county bail bond board.

HB 861 Author: Dukes | Solis, Jim | Garcia
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the creation of the offense of coercing, soliciting, or inducing a child to participate in the activities of a criminal street gang.

HB 900 Author: Dutton
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/26/1999 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to a bill of review by a civil court.

HB 919 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to an attorney who represents a ward, proposed ward, guardian, or other interested person in certain guardianship proceedings.

HB 937 Author: Maxey
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the operation of certain food programs administered by the Texas Department of Human Services.

HB 938 Author: Thompson | Haggerty | Danburg | Puente | Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/13/1999 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.

HB 955 Author: Uher
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to providing parties with notice of the attorney of record representing the office of attorney general.

HB 1016 Author: Maxey
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the manner in which state agency reports are made available to members of the legislature.

HB 1031 Author: Hunter
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/28/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the filing of sworn statements prescribed by the constitution for public office and made by the directors of certain special districts.

HB 1082 Author: Bosse
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the composition of the Harris County Juvenile Board.

HB 1110 Author: Smith
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/24/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the requirements for notice of violations of certain municipal ordinances.

HB 1136 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to fees charged for certain services performed by county clerks in a pending probate action.

HB 1137 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the penalty imposed on certain persons who fail to timely pay or deliver abandoned property.

HB 1138 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/18/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to a branch office of a county clerk.

HB 1141 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/28/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to public access to the names and addresses of parties in civil actions.

HB 1142 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/10/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to records of probate and guardianship proceedings.

HB 1167 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/12/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an employee of a personal bond office administering oaths to or taking an acknowledgment or proof of a written instrument from personal bond applicants.

HB 1168 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to security services in certain court buildings.

HB 1260 Author: Hill | Howard | Ehrhardt
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/13/1999 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to financial assistance to provide for water development in disadvantaged communities.

HB 1314 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/17/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to authorizing The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center to offer certain professional degree programs.

HB 1491 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the employment of certain physicians by a private medical school.

HB 1604 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to certain procedures involving the ad valorem taxation of property owned or acquired by a religious organization.

HB 1607 Author: Thompson
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the assignment of a statutory probate court judge to hear a contested probate or guardianship matter.

HB 1660 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to closing the administration of a decedent's estate.

HB 1661 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the final accounting of a decedent's or ward's estate.

HB 1662 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to investments of the estates of wards.

HB 1689 Author: Greenberg | Rangel | Thompson | Tillery | Keffer
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to student loan repayment assistance for certain child-care workers.

HB 1752 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the compensation of certain private investigators and witnesses who are retained by appointed counsel.

HB 1805 Author: Dunnam
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the exemption of insurance benefits from garnishment, attachment, execution, or other seizure.

HB 1854 Author: Thompson | Coleman | Farrar | Turner, Sylvester | Gallego
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/26/1999 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to indigent care provided by the Harris County Hospital District.

HB 2101 Author: Pitts
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to compliance by financial institutions with requests relating to judgment debtors.

HB 2124 Author: Cuellar
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to protective orders and the protection of victims of family violence.

HB 2181 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/24/1999 E Effective with Fall Semester 1999
Caption: Relating to authorizing a recreational and wellness facility fee at the University of Houston.

HB 2186 Author: Dutton
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to summary judgments issued by a court.

HB 2207 Author: Olivo
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to parking of a commercial motor vehicle in a residential subdivision.

HB 2300 Author: Hunter
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the publication by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers of a roster of engineers.

HB 2371 Author: Gutierrez | Craddick | Hilderbran | Cuellar
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/17/1999 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 17 1999 9:34AM
Caption: Relating to exempting diapers from the sales tax.

HB 2372 Author: Gutierrez | Craddick | Hilderbran | Cuellar
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/27/1999 H Senate Amendments printed and distributed: May 27 1999 12:31AM
Caption: Relating to exempting certain drugs, medicines, and medical devices from the sales tax.

HB 2401 Author: Keffer | Christian | Zbranek | Solis, Jim | King, Phil
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the establishment of voluntary workforce training programs for certain students.

HB 2441 Author: Goodman | Telford | Wohlgemuth | Lewis, Glenn | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the requirement that parents participate in a parenting course and counseling in certain suits involving children.

HB 2455 Author: Edwards
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to access for certain persons to the medical records of a child.

HB 2490 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/29/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the Houston Downtown Management District.

HB 2563 Author: Lewis, Glenn
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to creation of a pilot program to establish individual development accounts for certain low-income individuals.

HB 2631 Author: Turner, Sylvester
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a grant program for agricultural projects in certain public school districts.

HB 2653 Author: Elkins
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the law that applies to a contract made over the Internet.

HB 2781 Author: Pitts
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the definition of a qualified commercial loan.

HB 2822 Author: Deshotel
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the fees charged by a county clerk for probate filings.

HB 2853 Author: Bosse
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the provision of insurance for mutual indemnity obligations in certain mineral agreements.

HB 2869 Author: Capelo | Goodman | Uresti
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the requirement that a child provide certain information to a juvenile probation officer as a condition of probation for certain offenses involving a handgun.

HB 2870 Author: Capelo | Goodman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the grounds for an appeal or a postconviction writ of habeas corpus brought by a child.

HB 2894 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective in 90 days -- 8/30/99
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Midtown Management District; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

HB 3093 Author: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/18/1999 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to general standing to file a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HB 3191 Author: Moreno, Joe
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the imposition of a criminal penalty and the disposition of fines for a violation of a rule concerning the use of county parks in certain counties.

HB 3204 Author: Danburg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the election of members of the board of trustees of certain independent school districts.

HB 3230 Author: Capelo
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the selection of alternate jurors to serve during the term of a grand jury.

HB 3315 Author: Cuellar
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/14/1999 S Testimony taken in committee
Caption: Relating to loan assistance for low-income individuals and families.

HB 3469 Author: Olivo
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/13/1999 S Tagged in committee
Caption: Relating to certain county and public health district fees regarding certain food establishments.

HB 3596 Author: McClendon | Oliveira | Luna, Vilma | Keffer | Seaman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 05/25/1999 S Withdrawn from intent calendar
Caption: Relating to workforce development services provided by the Texas Workforce Commission or a private vendor under a contract with a local workforce development board.

HB 3786 Author: Reyna, Arthur
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Effective on 9/1/99
Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain proceedings in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

HCR 8 Author: Dutton
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 03/10/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring the Reverend Charles Lewis Jackson for his 30 years as pastor of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church.

HCR 96 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Directing the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to maximize federal funding for outreach activities related to children's health insurance.

HCR 117 Author: Keffer | Christian | Zbranek | Seaman | Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/20/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Supporting and encouraging the future development and expansion of career and technology academic programs throughout Texas high schools.

HCR 267 Author: Coleman
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring the 25th season of the Houston Shakespeare Festival.

HCR 296 Author: Wolens
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make technical corrections in H.B. No. 1777.

HCR 298 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/19/1999 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the house to make technical corrections in H.B. No. 1491.

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