Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 49
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:
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:
Zerwas | Davis, Sarah | Thompson, Senfronia | Morrison | Turner, Chris
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Anchia | Ashby | Bailes | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/24/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the repeal of certain time limitations on the award of grants by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee.
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:
White | Howard | Wu | Meza
Coauthor:
Bernal | Ortega | Ramos
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the provision of Medicaid benefits to certain children formerly in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
White | Klick | Miller | Minjarez | Rose
Coauthor:
Bernal | Fierro | Neave | Ramos | Raymond | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to personal identification documents for foster children or youth or homeless children or youth.
Author:
Howard | Guillen | Bucy | Morrison
Coauthor:
Bernal | Blanco | Button | Dominguez | Johnson, Julie | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2019 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to use of compensatory education allotment funding to provide assistance to students at risk of dropping out of school who are pregnant or who are parents and to reporting through the Public Education Information Management System.
Author:
Israel | Zerwas | Wilson | Ashby
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Beckley | Bernal | Blanco | et al.
Last Action:
02/19/2019 H Referred to Elections: Feb 19 2019 1:41PM
Caption:
Relating to electronic voter registration.
Author:
Leman | Springer | Nevárez | Stucky | Ashby
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bailes | Bell, Keith | Bernal | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/10/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the automatic admission to general academic teaching institutions and eligibility for certain scholarships of a student who is the valedictorian of the student's high school graduating class.
Author:
Israel | Coleman | Turner, Chris | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor:
Allen | Beckley | Bernal | Blanco | Bucy | et al.
Last Action:
02/20/2019 H Referred to Appropriations: Feb 20 2019 12:02PM
Caption:
Relating to the expansion of eligibility for Medicaid to certain persons under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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:
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:
Thompson, Senfronia | Phelan | Moody | Bonnen, Greg | Coleman
Coauthor:
Bernal | Blanco | Ortega | Zwiener
Sponsor:
Powell
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a collaborative task force to study certain public school mental health services.
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:
Calanni
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bernal | Bowers | Zwiener
Last Action:
03/27/2019 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the women's health advisory committee.
Author:
VanDeaver | Ashby | Longoria | Zerwas | White
Coauthor:
Bernal | González, Mary | Howard | Minjarez | Raymond | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an adult education program provided under an adult high school diploma and industry certification charter school program and reporting requirements regarding certain students.
Author:
Capriglione | Frank | Krause
Coauthor:
Allison | Bernal | Bohac | Bucy | González, Mary | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the modernization of state agency information technology systems.
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:
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:
Thompson, Senfronia | Zerwas | Davis, Sarah | Howard | Johnson, Julie
Coauthor:
Bernal | Sheffield
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
05/07/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to pharmacist communications to prescribing practitioners regarding certain dispensed biological products.
Author:
Israel | Phelan | Meyer | Murphy | Martinez
Coauthor:
Allen | Bernal | Bucy | Calanni | Cole | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the prima facie speed limit on certain streets and highways.
Author:
Wu | King, Phil | Davis, Sarah | Longoria
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchia | Bernal | Blanco | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an attorney identification card for entrance into a building that houses a court; authorizing a fee.
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:
Gutierrez | Lucio III | Nevárez | Walle | González, Jessica
Coauthor:
Bernal | Bowers | Calanni | Canales | Cole | et al.
Last Action:
02/27/2019 H Referred to Elections: Feb 27 2019 12:47PM
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of certain personal information provided on a driver's license application or in connection with a motor vehicle record.
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:
Cole | Israel | Rodriguez | Bucy | Talarico
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bernal | Blanco | Bowers | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/24/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the designation of a portion of State Loop 111 in Travis County as the Richard Overton Memorial Highway.
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:
Oliverson | Phelan | Wray | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Bernal | Calanni | Lambert | Metcalf | Zwiener
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of freestanding emergency medical care facilities.
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:
Morrison | Lozano | Stephenson | Herrero | Murr
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Ashby | Beckley | Bernal | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/10/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to a work group on enhancing the training and credentialing of emergency management personnel.
Author:
Paul
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | Bernal | et al.
Sponsor:
Taylor
Last Action:
05/29/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to services provided during and following a disaster.
Author:
Walle | Hernandez | Raymond
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Ashby | Beckley | Bernal | et al.
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/24/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a study of an intake system and state case management system for state and federal disaster assistance.
Author:
Walle | Hernandez | Raymond
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Beckley | Bernal | Blanco | et al.
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the disaster supplemental nutrition assistance program.
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:
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:
Parker | Zerwas | Huberty | Miller | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor:
Bernal | Minjarez
Last Action:
04/17/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a trauma-informed care policy for school districts and open-enrollment charter schools and training regarding the policy for district and school employees.
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:
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:
Thierry | Hernandez | Walle | Farrar | Moody
Coauthor:
Bernal | Bucy | Canales | Collier | Cortez | et al.
Last Action:
03/26/2019 H Reported enrolled: Mar 26 2019 8:08PM
Caption:
In memory of John Steven Mostyn of Houston.