Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Dan Branch
78th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 1/19/2026

Number of Bills: 31

HB 3 Author: Nixon | Capelo | Allen
Coauthor: Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Casteel | Chisum | et al.
Last Action: 02/19/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to health care.

HB 4 Author: Nixon | Allen | Capelo | Woolley | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Baxter | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Sponsor: Ratliff
Last Action: 06/11/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to reform of certain procedures and remedies in civil actions.

HB 5 Author: Grusendorf | Marchant | Wilson | Hill | Heflin
Coauthor: Denny | Branch | Paxton | Baxter | Cook, Byron | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 05/12/2003 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption: Relating to public school finance, a state ad valorem tax, state general sales and use taxes, state taxes on the sale or use of a motor vehicle, and property tax relief for residential tenants.

HB 15 Author: Corte | Wohlgemuth | Laubenberg
Coauthor: Talton | Smith, Todd | Brown, Betty | Zedler | Denny | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense.

HB 89 Author: McClendon | Menendez | Naishtat | Jones, Elizabeth | Crownover
Coauthor: Martinez Fischer | Gutierrez | Villarreal | Branch
Sponsor: Barrientos
Last Action: 05/29/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to a leave of absence for certain state employees who are donating an organ, bone marrow, or blood.

HB 136 Author: Brown, Fred | Brown, Betty | Gattis | McClendon | Chavez
Coauthor: Guillen | Branch | Hunter | Jones, Elizabeth | Menendez | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to limiting the amount of county, municipal, or junior college district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their surviving spouses.

HB 219 Author: Hope
Coauthor: Stick | West, George "Buddy" | Campbell | Berman | Hegar | et al.
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the display of the United States national motto in public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

HB 471 Author: Pickett | Hamric | Krusee | Raymond | Gutierrez
Coauthor: Berman | Branch | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Crownover | et al.
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 06/21/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the borrowing of money and the issuance of notes by the Texas Transportation Commission; making an appropriation.

HB 604 Author: Grusendorf | Marchant | Hill | Wilson | Heflin
Coauthor: Allen | Berman | Branch | Brown, Fred | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 04/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to public school finance.

HB 864 Author: Kolkhorst
Coauthor: Branch
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the introduction or possession of certain items in correctional facilities or on certain property of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; providing penalties.

HB 973 Author: Grusendorf
Coauthor: Branch
Last Action: 05/08/2003 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the applicability of certain laws to public school districts and campuses rated exemplary by the Texas Education Agency.

HB 1060 Author: Thompson
Coauthor: Pena | Branch
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the promotion of certain improper photographs or visual recordings; providing a penalty.

HB 1083 Author: Baxter
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Branch
Last Action: 04/09/2003 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the prompt production of public information under the public information law.

HB 1131 Author: Flores | Marchant | Driver | Ritter | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Harper-Brown | Keffer, Bill | Puente | Hodge | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair facilities; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1175 Author: King | Bonnen | Jones, Jesse | Luna | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Berman | Hegar | Keffer, Bill | Zedler | Howard | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2003 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the regulation of cloning of human beings; providing penalties.

HB 1282 Author: McCall | Menendez | Casteel | West, George "Buddy" | Rose
Coauthor: Smith, Wayne | Hochberg | Farabee | Pena | Branch
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to commercial electronic mail; providing penalties.

HB 1447 Author: Howard | Madden | Heflin | Talton | Flynn
Coauthor: Casteel | Laubenberg | Zedler | Hughes | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the authority of the State Board of Education regarding public school curriculum and textbooks.

HB 1776 Author: Hughes | Dutton | Smith, Todd
Coauthor: Berman | Branch | Cook, Byron | Dawson | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to Celebrate Freedom Week and to certain instruction in social studies classes in public schools.

HB 2911 Author: Homer | Phillips | Seaman
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2003 S Referred to Infrastructure Dev & Security
Caption: Relating to designation of Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road.

HB 3203 Author: Delisi | Capelo | Driver | Heflin | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Jones, Elizabeth | Wong | Hegar | Canales | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2003 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the creation of the driver responsibility program to fund certain emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care systems in this state.

HCR 15 Author: Woolley | Christian | Bohac | Crabb
Coauthor: Mercer | Branch
Sponsor: Janek
Last Action: 06/22/2003 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Directing the State Board of Education to consider including personal finance knowledge among the essential knowledge and skills in the required public school curriculum.

HJR 3 Author: Nixon
Coauthor: Allen | Baxter | Berman | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/20/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning civil lawsuits against doctors and health care providers, and other actions, authorizing the legislature to determine limitations on non-economic damages.

HJR 16 Author: Brown, Fred | Brown, Betty | Gattis | Chavez | Baxter
Coauthor: Branch | Hunter | Jones, Elizabeth | Menendez | Noriega | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/30/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their spouses.

HJR 61 Author: McReynolds
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 05/29/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing municipalities to donate surplus fire-fighting equipment or supplies for the benefit of rural volunteer fire departments.

HR 622 Author: Wolens
Coauthor: Reyna | Harper-Brown | Branch | Davis, Yvonne | Giddings | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring the life of Wayne Kevin Clarke.

HR 623 Author: Wolens
Coauthor: Reyna | Harper-Brown | Branch | Davis, Yvonne | Giddings | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring the life of Dallas firefighter Michael Lee Depauw.

HR 624 Author: Wolens
Coauthor: Reyna | Harper-Brown | Branch | Davis, Yvonne | Giddings | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring the life of Dallas firefighter Gerald Wayne Fields.

HR 625 Author: Wolens
Coauthor: Harper-Brown | Reyna | Branch | Davis, Yvonne | Giddings | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring the life of Dallas firefighter Vincent Llyonell Davis.

HR 648 Author: Pena | Rodriguez | Naishtat | Guillen | Canales
Coauthor: Casteel | Dutton | Eissler | Allen | Alonzo | et al.
Last Action: 06/10/2003 H Reported enrolled: Jun 10 2003 1:44PM
Caption: Honoring Chief Clerk Robert Haney and the staff of the Chief Clerk's Office.

HR 691 Author: Van Arsdale | Merritt | Wong | Baxter | Keel
Coauthor: Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/04/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 4 2003 8:30AM
Caption: Congratulating the members of The University of Texas men's basketball team on earning a berth in the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Final Four and extending to them sincere best wishes for continued success.

HR 692 Author: Merritt | Van Arsdale | Rose | Pitts | Elkins
Coauthor: Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 5:30PM
Caption: Congratulating the members of the University of Texas women's basketball team on advancing to the NCAA 2003 Final Four and extending to them sincere best wishes for continued success in their quest for the national championship.

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