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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Celia Israel
86th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/15/2026

Number of Bills: 64

Author:
Huberty | Bernal | Zerwas | King, Ken | Allen
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
06/12/2019 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school finance and public education; creating a criminal offense; authorizing the imposition of a fee.
Author:
Phelan | Bonnen, Greg | Harless | Morrison | Deshotel
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/10/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to debris management and other disaster recovery efforts.
Author:
Morrison | Zerwas | Hunter | Huberty | Phelan
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to disaster relief and recovery.
Author:
Neave | Howard | Minjarez | Button | Lang
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Ashby | Bernal | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/04/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the criminal statute of limitations for certain sex offenses and the collection, analysis, and preservation of evidence of sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Author:
Bonnen, Greg | Murphy | González, Mary | Meyer | Walle
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2019 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the contributions to and benefits under the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Phelan | Larson | Longoria | Guerra | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor:
Creighton
Last Action:
05/16/2019 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to flood planning, mitigation, and infrastructure projects; making an appropriation.
Author:
Capriglione | Zerwas | Longoria | Howard | Bonnen, Greg
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2019 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of certain constitutional transfers of money to the economic stabilization fund, the Texas legacy fund, and the state highway fund and to the management and investment of the economic stabilization fund, the Texas legacy fund, and the Texas legacy distribution fund.
Author:
Romero, Jr. | Neave | Burns
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bailes | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2019 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to increasing criminal penalties for certain family violence offenses committed when a child is or may be present during the commission of the offense.
Author:
Minjarez | Klick | Moody | Coleman | Parker
Coauthor:
Bernal | Biedermann | Darby | Deshotel | Farrar | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy.
Author:
Hinojosa | Allen | Bailes | Dutton | VanDeaver
Coauthor:
Allison | Bernal | Cole | Collier | Cortez | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the admission policy of an open-enrollment charter school.
Author:
Moody | Collier | White | Dutton | Phelan
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Beckley | Bernal | Biedermann | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2019 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain marihuana possession and drug paraphernalia possession offenses; imposing a fee.
Author:
Minjarez | Miller | Buckley | Wilson | Ramos
Coauthor:
Allison | Bucy | Calanni | Capriglione | Cortez | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2019 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to designating May 8 as Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
Author:
Hinojosa | Lucio III | Lozano | Thierry | Phelan
Coauthor:
Bell, Keith | Blanco | Capriglione | Clardy | Israel | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2019 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to school district notification to a parent or guardian of physical fitness assessment results of the parent's or guardian's child.
Author:
Thierry | Bernal | Talarico
Coauthor:
Goodwin | Israel | Vo
Last Action:
02/26/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to providing mental health services and mental health education to public school students at school-based health centers.
Author:
Thierry | Talarico
Coauthor:
Israel | Minjarez | Vo
Last Action:
02/26/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the inclusion of instruction about mental health in the required curriculum for public school students.
Author:
Krause | Oliverson | Hernandez | Blanco | Shaheen
Coauthor:
Cain | Canales | Goldman | Guillen | Harris | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2019 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the abolition of student loan default or breach of a student loan repayment or scholarship contract as a ground for nonrenewal or other disciplinary action in relation to a professional or occupational license and to certain duties of state agencies and political subdivisions in relation to delinquent or defaulted student loans.
Author:
Farrar | Beckley | Meza | Guillen
Coauthor:
Cole | Dominguez | Israel | Pacheco | Ramos | et al.
Last Action:
02/19/2019 H Referred to Human Services: Feb 19 2019 1:41PM
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.
Author:
Cortez | Rose | Davis, Sarah | Bernal | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bucy | Calanni | Dominguez | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for the medical assistance program and enrollment in the child health plan program.
Author:
Thompson, Senfronia | Krause | Coleman | Toth | White
Coauthor:
Allen | Biedermann | Cole | Goodwin | Israel | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain misdemeanors punishable by fine only.
Author:
Rosenthal | Allen | Reynolds | Johnson, Jarvis
Coauthor:
Blanco | Bowers | Bucy | Cole | Cortez | et al.
Last Action:
02/25/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to making certain false alarms or reports because of bias or prejudice; increasing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Neave | Blanco | Minjarez | Guillen | Swanson
Coauthor:
Bernal | Bucy | Calanni | Cortez | Fierro | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to reimbursement for a certain portion of a forensic medical examination of a sexual assault survivor and for the evidence collection kit required for the examination.
Author:
White | Klick | Howard | Neave | Meza
Coauthor:
Israel | Minjarez | Ramos | Sherman, Sr. | Wu
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
05/23/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Author:
Rodriguez | Morrison | Deshotel | Stucky | Oliverson
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | Bernal | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2019 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures: Feb 21 2019 11:47AM
Caption:
Relating to the sale of ale and beer by certain brewers and manufacturers to ultimate consumers for consumption off the brewers' or manufacturers' premises.
Author:
Clardy | White | Ashby | Lambert
Coauthor:
Bell, Keith | Cyrier | Darby | Harris | Israel | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2019 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to making permanent the former temporary increases in records archive fees and records management and preservation fees charged by district and county clerks.
Author:
Zerwas | Thompson, Senfronia | Sheffield | Anchia | Oliverson
Coauthor:
Allison | Bowers | Calanni | Cole | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/08/2019 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; imposing a civil penalty.
Author:
Anchia | Goodwin | Zwiener
Coauthor:
Israel
Last Action:
02/25/2019 H Referred to Environmental Regulation: Feb 25 2019 6:10PM
Caption:
Relating to establishing the Texas Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission to study and address the impacts of climate change in this state.
Author:
Miller | Cain | Lang
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Israel
Last Action:
04/25/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle passing a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle.
Author:
Gutierrez | Canales | Martinez | Raymond | Guillen
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Beckley | Bernal | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the effects of the construction of a border wall on storm drainage and other environmental matters in this state.
Author:
White | Minjarez | Klick | Moody | Coleman
Coauthor:
Biedermann | Darby | Deshotel | Israel | Krause | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the practice of physical therapy.
Author:
Davis, Sarah | Deshotel | Zerwas | Meyer | Rose
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beckley | Blanco | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the Medicaid eligibility of certain women after a pregnancy.
Author:
Davis, Sarah | Springer | Guerra | Thompson, Senfronia | Turner, Chris
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bailes | Beckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/22/2019 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to maternal and newborn health care.
Author:
Goodwin | Talarico | Beckley | Capriglione
Coauthor:
Allison | Cortez | Farrar | Gervin-Hawkins | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Alvarado
Last Action:
05/14/2019 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to personal financial literacy courses for high school students in public schools.
Author:
Cyrier | Zerwas | Price | Turner, Chris | Rose
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2019 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the allocation to and use by the Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Historical Commission of certain proceeds from the imposition of state sales and use taxes on sporting goods.
Author:
Bucy | Cortez | Klick | Cain | Moody
Coauthor:
Fierro | Goodwin | Guillen | Israel | Minjarez | et al.
Sponsor:
Powell
Last Action:
05/16/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the content of a polling place location notice.
Author:
Zwiener
Coauthor:
Bucy | Calanni | Cole | Goodwin | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action:
03/13/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to signs along certain roads in Hays County.
Author:
Lucio III | Zerwas | Thompson, Senfronia | Anchia | Larson
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bernal | Blanco | Bowers | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2019 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the possession, use, cultivation, processing, distribution, transportation, research, testing, and delivery of low-THC cannabis for medical use by patients with certain debilitating medical conditions and the licensing of cannabis dispensing organizations, cannabis research organizations, and cannabis testing facilities; establishing the cannabis therapeutic research review board; authorizing fees.
Author:
Kuempel | Ashby | Bell, Keith | King, Phil | Price
Coauthor:
Bell, Cecil | Buckley | Clardy | Cyrier | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to use of an electric cooperative's easements or property for broadband service.
Author:
VanDeaver | Ashby | Bernal | Tinderholt | Metcalf
Coauthor:
Allison | Buckley | Clardy | Goldman | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
05/22/2019 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to assessment of public school students, providing accelerated instruction, appropriately crediting certain student performance, and eliminating requirements based on performance on certain assessment instruments.
Author:
Phelan | Paddie | Springer | González, Mary | Rose
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchia | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the delivery of certain transportation services under Medicaid and certain other health and human services programs.
Author:
Howard | Morrison | Neave | Hunter | Miller
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Beckley | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/04/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to statewide policies and practices, personnel training, evidence collection and preservation, and data collection and analysis regarding the prevention, investigation, and prosecution of sexual assault and other sex offenses.
Author:
Geren | Davis, Yvonne | Shine | Leach | Kuempel
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Ashby | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2019 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to recovery under uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance coverage.
Author:
Klick | Howard | Coleman | Moody | Frank
Coauthor:
Bell, Cecil | Blanco | Cain | Clardy | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/04/2019 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain advanced practice registered nurses.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Oliverson | Lambert
Coauthor:
Bernal | Calanni | Davis, Yvonne | Dominguez | Farrar | et al.
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
05/16/2019 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibited practices relating to health benefit plan coverage for emergency care.
Author:
Zwiener | Cole | Talarico | Bowers
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Bernal | Blanco | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
03/05/2019 H Referred to Elections: Mar 5 2019 12:19PM
Caption:
Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Zerwas | Price | Thompson, Senfronia | Walle
Coauthor:
Anchia | Beckley | Bernal | Blanco | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2019 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds to fund capital projects at certain public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Zerwas | Darby | Krause | Davis, Sarah | Howard
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Blanco | Gervin-Hawkins | Guillen | Israel | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of the driver responsibility program and the amount and allocation of state traffic fine funds; eliminating program surcharges; authorizing and increasing criminal fines; increasing a fee.
Author:
Zwiener | Anchia | Button | Davis, Sarah | Morrison
Coauthor:
Allen | Bernal | Blanco | Bowers | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2019 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition against sexual harassment in the workplace.
Author:
Dominguez | Murphy | Calanni | Bucy | Guillen
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Beckley | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor:
Johnson
Last Action:
05/29/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to emergency and disaster management, response, and recovery.
Author:
Johnson, Julie
Coauthor:
Calanni | Davis, Yvonne | Dominguez | Farrar | Geren | et al.
Last Action:
04/11/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to preauthorization by certain health benefit plan issuers of certain benefits.
Author:
Holland | Zerwas | Price | Moody | Dean
Coauthor:
Bonnen, Greg | Clardy | Darby | Guerra | Israel | et al.
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/10/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to disposal of controlled substance prescription drugs by hospice service providers.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Oliverson | Moody
Coauthor:
Calanni | Davis, Yvonne | Dominguez | Farrar | Geren | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2019 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to physician and health care practitioner credentialing by managed care plan issuers.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Oliverson | Guillen
Coauthor:
Calanni | Davis, Yvonne | Dominguez | Farrar | Geren | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2019 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to notice by certain managed care entities of changes related to reimbursements applicable to certain physicians and health care providers.
Author:
Rosenthal | Allen | Talarico | Toth | Lopez
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Blanco | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2019 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to an active shooter emergency protocol for public school districts and required active shooter response training for school district peace officers and school resource officers.
Author:
Calanni | Deshotel | Howard | Metcalf | Harris
Coauthor:
Allison | Bernal | Biedermann | Bowers | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2019 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to birth records of adopted persons; authorizing a fee.
Author:
White | Thompson, Senfronia | Toth | Krause | Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen | Bucy | Cain | Collier | Israel | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2019 H Motion fails
Caption:
Relating to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain misdemeanors punishable by fine only.
Author:
Perez | Thompson, Senfronia | Longoria | Price | Goldman
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/10/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to payment card skimmers on motor fuel dispensers and to creating a payment fraud fusion center; imposing civil penalties; creating criminal offenses.
Author:
González, Jessica | Thompson, Senfronia | Collier | White | Moody
Coauthor:
Bucy | Calanni | Farrar | González, Mary | Goodwin | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of prostitution and to a court cost imposed on conviction of certain trafficking of persons and prostitution offenses.
Author:
Klick | Zerwas | Oliverson | Sheffield | Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Beckley | Blanco | Bucy | et al.
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the prescription of low-THC cannabis for medical use by certain qualified physicians to patients with certain medical conditions.
Author:
Cole | Howard | Toth | Guillen | Dutton
Coauthor:
Bucy | Israel | Lopez | VanDeaver
Last Action:
04/25/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of tuition and laboratory fees at public institutions of higher education for certain paramedics.
Author:
Romero, Jr. | Beckley
Coauthor:
Blanco | Bowers | Bucy | Calanni | Dominguez | et al.
Last Action:
03/25/2019 H Referred to Ways & Means: Mar 25 2019 1:06PM
Caption:
Relating to an increase in the amount of the exemption of residence homesteads from ad valorem taxation by a school district, a reduction in the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount, and the protection of school districts against the resulting loss in local revenue.
Author:
Johnson, Julie | Kuempel | Clardy | Thompson, Senfronia | Leach
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Bernal | Bowers | Capriglione | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a pilot program to create additional housing for certain individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability through a Medicaid waiver program.
Author:
Capriglione | Zerwas | Bonnen, Greg | Rose | Howard
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | Buckley | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2019 S Received from the House
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas legacy fund and the Texas legacy distribution fund, dedicating the Texas legacy distribution fund to certain state infrastructure projects or the reduction of certain long-term obligations, and providing for the transfer of certain general revenues to the economic stabilization fund, the Texas legacy fund, and the state highway fund.
Author:
Cyrier | Price | Zerwas | Turner, Chris | Rose
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2019 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the appropriation of the net revenue received from the imposition of state sales and use taxes on sporting goods.
Author:
Howard
Coauthor:
Bucy | Cole | Goodwin | Hinojosa | Israel | et al.
Last Action:
03/13/2019 H Reported enrolled: Mar 13 2019 11:19AM
Caption:
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Austin Amateur Radio Club.
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