Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Sen. Judith Zaffirini
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 10/4/2025

Number of Bills: 45

Sponsor (45):
HB 19 Author: Leibowitz | Naishtat | Shelton | Bolton | Herrero
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to requirements for drugs dispensed by pharmacists.

HB 51 Author: Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden
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 72 Author: Guillen | Gonzales | Thompson | Rodriguez | Bolton
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce.

HB 130 Author: Patrick | Eissler | Anchia | Pitts | Thompson
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 155 Author: Gutierrez
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/21/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to access to rivers and riverbeds for individuals with physical disabilities.

HB 459 Author: Leibowitz | Quintanilla | Marquez | Pickett
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/01/2009 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to county abatement and regulation of nuisances.

HB 527 Author: Leibowitz
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the removal of an appointed emergency services district board member by a county commissioners court.

HB 549 Author: Raymond
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain sex offenses.

HB 590 Author: Crownover
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the name of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council.

HB 635 Author: Guillen | Rodriguez | Martinez, "Mando" | Flores
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Education Agency to seek, accept, determine eligibility for, and distribute grants available for the benefit of public education and the establishment of professional development institutes and payment of grants to teachers who complete those institutes.

HB 802 Author: Davis, John | Hardcastle | Naishtat | Zerwas | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the creation of the lifespan respite services program.

HB 806 Author: Gallego | Martinez, "Mando" | Coleman | Rodriguez | Smithee
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/13/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services.

HB 962 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the purchase of library goods and services by public junior colleges.

HB 1177 Author: Guillen | Flores
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain peace officers and firefighters for legislative leave.

HB 1178 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Starr County Drainage District.

HB 1282 Author: McClendon | Riddle | Hodge | Vo
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/20/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the penalty for theft of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.

HB 1454 Author: Naishtat | Lucio III | Guillen | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/20/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a volunteer-supported decision-making advocate pilot program for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and persons with other cognitive disabilities.

HB 1493 Author: King, Tracy O.
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use of certain devices in a polling place.

HB 1568 Author: Gonzales | Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to authorizing an exemption from tuition and fees charged by a junior college district for employees of the district.

HB 1622 Author: Giddings | Rios Ybarra | Crabb
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/23/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to a grant program to provide children at risk of hunger or obesity with increased access to nutritious foods.

HB 1793 Author: Farrar | Gallego | Marquez
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/29/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to judicial instruction for judges who hear complaints against children alleging violations of certain misdemeanor offenses.

HB 2055 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/26/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force.

HB 2083 Author: Solomons | Raymond | Marquez | Homer | Branch
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/11/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to determination of state contributions for participation by certain junior college employees in the state employees group benefits program.

HB 2275 Author: Raymond | Guillen | Flynn | Shelton | Martinez, "Mando"
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to creating a task force to develop uniform standards for subdivisions in the unincorporated areas of counties near the international border and in economically distressed counties.

HB 2330 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to laboratory tests measuring kidney function.

HB 2500 Author: Dunnam
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/11/2009 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the governor's flag.

HB 2626 Author: Naishtat | Kent | Rios Ybarra | Leibowitz
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.

HB 2708 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the powers of the Karnes County Hospital District.

HB 2804 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the salary of a Duval County Juvenile Board member.

HB 2813 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the salary of a Starr County Juvenile Board member.

HB 3216 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to telephone or electronic mail notification to a respondent of a complaint filed with the Texas Ethics Commission.

HB 3218 Author: Naishtat
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the filing of sworn complaints with the Texas Ethics Commission.

HB 3303 Author: Kent | Marquez | Bolton | Coleman
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/30/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the use of information and records acquired during a fatality review and investigation.

HB 3456 Author: Branch | Cohen | Zerwas | Kolkhorst | Pitts
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the education and preparation of resident physicians.

HB 3922 Author: Pena | Naishtat
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to notification sent by the Texas Ethics Commission to certain persons regarding deadlines to file reports.

HB 4114 Author: Martinez Fischer | Herrero
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/29/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to memorial monuments on the Capitol grounds, including the Tejano monument.

HB 4149 Author: Rose | Branch
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain studies and reports by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding achievable cost-saving measures and the use and availability of electronic textbooks at institutions of higher education.

HB 4244 Author: Hochberg
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to certain competitive scholarship recipients at public institutions of higher education.

HB 4476 Author: Cohen | Kent
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/27/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to eligibility requirements for the tuition equalization grant program.

HB 4540 Author: Raymond
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to disposition of proceeds from the development or sale of the rights to natural resources or minerals in land held by Webb County for the county permanent school fund.

HB 4541 Author: Raymond | Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Public Safety to Webb County.

HB 4607 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to regulation of certain areas bordering on Falcon Lake and the Rio Grande River.

HB 4704 Author: Guillen
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Starr County Hospital District.

HCR 79 Author: Guillen | Raymond
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Memorializing Congress to refine Department of Homeland Security policy to consider risk levels as well as population size in assessing the financial needs of first responders in border communities along the international boundary created by the Rio Grande.

HCR 153 Author: Guillen | Flores | Gonzales | Pena | Martinez, "Mando"
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/13/2009 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of Manuel Benavidez, Jr.

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