Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Ruben Hope
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 1/6/2026

Number of Bills: 36

HB 6 Author: Dunnam | Smith | Olivo | Hardcastle | Dutton
Coauthor: Burnam | Hawley | Alexander | Averitt | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor: Bivins
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to open-enrollment charter schools.

HB 7 Author: Chisum | Hawley | Walker | Turner, Bob | Cook
Coauthor: Berman | Bonnen | Bosse | Brown, Betty | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Sibley
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to creating the Office of Rural Community Affairs.

HB 17 Author: Corte | Coleman
Coauthor: Berman | Allen | Averitt | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to regulation of abortion.

HB 152 Author: Brown, Fred | Rangel | West, George "Buddy" | Giddings
Coauthor: Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Carter | Christian | et al.
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to a pilot program to provide for reduced undergraduate tuition during a summer term or session at certain institutions of higher education.

HB 244 Author: Ellis, Dan
Coauthor: Hope | Hopson
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 05/21/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to exempting certain emergency service organizations from the sales and use tax on boats and boat motors.

HB 247 Author: Turner, Bob | Hupp | Miller | Hilderbran
Coauthor: Homer | Callegari | Hope | Kolkhorst
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the use by a person of stored water on certain property of the person.

HB 324 Author: Ellis, Dan | Hochberg | Hunter | Thompson
Coauthor: Berman | Christian | Grusendorf | Hardcastle | Homer | et al.
Last Action: 01/29/2001 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to exempting textbooks for university and college courses from the sales tax.

HB 496 Author: Chisum | Jones, Delwin | Telford | Howard | Counts
Coauthor: Averitt | Berman | Bonnen | Brimer | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or civil union.

HB 510 Author: Olivo | Crabb | Davis, Yvonne | Hinojosa | Wise
Coauthor: Menendez | King, Phil | Berman | McClendon | Hardcastle | et al.
Sponsor: West, Royce
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the forfeiture of property used in the commission of certain offenses involving children.

HB 660 Author: Seaman | Solis, Jim | Keffer | Zbranek | Yarbrough
Coauthor: Burnam | Homer | Hardcastle | Uresti | Carter | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to career and technology education and training.

HB 801 Author: Longoria | Howard | Olivo
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the implementation of a public education curriculum based on scientific research.

HB 1200 Author: Brimer | Oliveira | Swinford | McCall | Telford
Coauthor: Geren | Turner, Bob | Woolley | Alexander | Allen | et al.
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the enactment of the Texas Economic Development Act, authorizing certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development, including authorizing school districts to provide tax relief for certain corporations and limited liability companies that make large investments that create jobs in this state, to authorizing the imposition of certain impact fees, and to continuing the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act.

HB 1287 Author: Thompson | Naishtat | Hinojosa | Allen | Hodge
Coauthor: Hope
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the establishment of drug court programs and to a study of drug court programs by the Criminal Justice Policy Council.

HB 1363 Author: Goodman
Coauthor: Hope
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the mediation of certain disputes by collaborative law procedures.

HB 1455 Author: Shields | Reyna, Arthur | Jones, Elizabeth
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 02/28/2001 H Recommendations filed with the Speaker
Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of Cibolo Canyon Conservation and Improvement District No. 1; granting the authority to impose taxes and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.

HB 1491 Author: Farabee | Thompson | Goodman | Coleman | Brimer
Coauthor: Kitchen | Farrar | Bailey | Burnam | Capelo | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain mental disorders in children.

HB 1493 Author: Wise
Coauthor: Hope
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 05/28/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the regulation of mortgage brokers.

HB 1698 Author: Morrison
Coauthor: Jones, Elizabeth | Hope | King, Phil | Hardcastle | Bonnen
Last Action: 02/19/2001 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the enhancement of penalties for certain intoxication offenses.

HB 1699 Author: Morrison
Coauthor: Jones, Elizabeth | Hope | King, Phil | Hardcastle | Bonnen
Last Action: 02/19/2001 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the enhancement of penalties for certain intoxication offenses.

HB 1723 Author: Seaman | Keffer | Turner, Bob | Counts | Ramsay
Coauthor: Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Christian | Davis, John | Deshotel | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the creation of a county employment development board in certain counties to develop programs for rural economic assistance for career training; authorizing a tax.

HB 1776 Author: Green | Dutton
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Berman | Bonnen | Brimer | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/07/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the establishment of Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools.

HB 1806 Author: Menendez | Moreno, Joe E. | Martinez Fischer | Haggerty | Villarreal, Mike
Coauthor: Bailey | Brimer | Callegari | Denny | Deshotel | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the issuance of certain alcoholic beverage licenses and permits.

HB 1862 Author: Eiland | Janek | Lewis, Glenn | Jones, Elizabeth | Smithee
Coauthor: Alexander | Averitt | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the regulation and prompt payment of health care providers under certain health benefit plans; providing penalties.

HB 1869 Author: Wohlgemuth | Uresti | King, Phil | Averitt | Ehrhardt
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Denny | McClendon | Moreno, Joe E. | Shields | et al.
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the acquisition of manufactured homes through financing or other means and to persons associated with those acquisitions.

HB 2215 Author: Crabb
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Posting rule suspended
Caption: Relating to the disannexation of certain areas by certain municipalities.

HB 2530 Author: Junell
Coauthor: Martinez Fischer | Seaman | Clark | Ellis, Dan | Hope | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to certain prohibitions applicable to a person offering a sweepstakes; providing a civil penalty.

HB 2747 Author: Davis, John | Noriega | Talton | Bosse | Moreno, Joe E.
Coauthor: Deshotel | Hope
Last Action: 05/05/2001 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to audits of the promotion and development fund of a navigation district.

HB 2800 Author: Hodge | Haggerty | Hawley | Crabb | Ritter
Coauthor: Bailey | Berman | Brimer | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Barrientos
Last Action: 05/11/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the restoration of forfeited good conduct time.

HB 2888 Author: Truitt | Sadler | Grusendorf | Brimer | Bonnen
Coauthor: Averitt | Carter | Denny | Driver | Eiland | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/13/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to limitations on the issuance of tax-supported bonds by school districts.

HCR 77 Author: Madden | Swinford | Walker | Homer | Uher
Coauthor: Berman | Turner, Bob | Danburg | Jones, Elizabeth | Denny | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Memorializing congress to revise certain provisions of Public Law 106-230.

HCR 119 Author: Crabb | Chavez | Berman | Raymond
Coauthor: Hope
Sponsor: Lindsay
Last Action: 05/15/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Supporting the continued search for missing United States military personnel and civilians.

HCR 207 Author: Grusendorf
Coauthor: Allen | Averitt | Berman | Brimer | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action: 04/18/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Requesting the Texas delegation to the U.S. Congress to support and work to pass the tax relief plan introduced by President Bush.

HR 313 Author: Hawley
Coauthor: Capelo | Christian | Cook | Danburg | Deshotel | et al.
Last Action: 02/22/2001 H Reported enrolled: Feb 22 2001 8:00AM
Caption: Recognizing February 21, 2001, as Interstate Route 69 Day in Texas.

HR 359 Author: Christian | Swinford | Lewis, Ron | Hawley
Coauthor: Hope | Green | Hardcastle | Brown, Betty | Hupp | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2001 H Reported enrolled: Apr 23 2001 7:45AM
Caption: Encouraging natural gas and energy suppliers to negotiate with agricultural producers to prevent disruption of utility services.

HR 367 Author: Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Christian | Cook | Farabee | Hardcastle | et al.
Last Action: 02/28/2001 H Reported enrolled: Feb 28 2001 8:26AM
Caption: Recognizing February 27, 2001, as 4-H Day in Texas.

HR 1209 Author: Kitchen
Coauthor: Clark | Gallego | Hope | Lewis, Glenn | Martinez Fischer | et al.
Last Action: 05/30/2001 H Reported enrolled: May 30 2001 10:56AM
Caption: In memory of Charles Alan Wright of Austin.

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