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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
86th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/23/2026

Number of Bills: 48

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:
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:
Metcalf | Larson | Phelan | Huberty | Oliverson
Coauthor:
Allen | Allison | Ashby | Beckley | Bell, Cecil | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/14/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the notification of affected persons of certain releases of water from certain dams.
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:
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 | Rodriguez | Bailes | Collier
Coauthor:
Gervin-Hawkins | Zwiener
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/15/2019 E Effective on 1/1/20
Caption:
Relating to the right to vacate and avoid liability under a residential lease after a tenant's death.
Author:
Krause | Minjarez
Coauthor:
Gervin-Hawkins | Middleton | Pacheco
Last Action:
05/06/2019 H Failed to pass to engrossment
Caption:
Relating to the scheduling of the first day of school for students by school districts and open-enrollment charter schools.
Author:
Thompson, Ed | Bonnen, Greg | Johnson, Julie | Turner, Chris | Paul
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bohac | Capriglione | Clardy | et al.
Sponsor:
Hancock
Last Action:
06/05/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain related exclusions.
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:
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:
Patterson | Canales | Thierry | Toth | Krause
Coauthor:
Buckley | Burns | Button | Cain | Capriglione | et al.
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
06/10/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to financial reporting requirements of a toll project entity.
Author:
Hefner | Collier | Moody | Perez | Springer
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bell, Keith | Bohac | Buckley | Burrows | et al.
Sponsor:
Hughes
Last Action:
05/28/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving the interception, use, or disclosure of certain communications.
Author:
Hefner | Krause | Thierry | Leman | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor:
Frank | Geren | Gervin-Hawkins | Guillen | Harris | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to registration of a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in a violation detected by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
Author:
Bucy | Israel
Coauthor:
Bowers | Cole | Dominguez | Gervin-Hawkins | González, Jessica | et al.
Last Action:
03/06/2019 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the designation of certain election days as state holidays.
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:
Davis, Sarah | Price | Thompson, Senfronia | Leach | Coleman
Coauthor:
Anchia | Clardy | Dean | Dutton | Gervin-Hawkins | et al.
Sponsor:
Alvarado
Last Action:
05/21/2019 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to state contract limitations and programs for sex trafficking prevention and victim treatment.
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:
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:
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:
Thompson, Senfronia | King, Ken | Kacal | Zedler | Cole
Coauthor:
Gervin-Hawkins | Guillen | Zwiener
Sponsor:
Buckingham
Last Action:
06/15/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage of prescription drugs for stage-four advanced, metastatic cancer.
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:
Israel | White | Ramos | Stickland
Coauthor:
Calanni | Dominguez | Gervin-Hawkins | Howard | Minjarez | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2019 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence: Mar 4 2019 5:43PM
Caption:
Relating to the release on personal bond of a person who is pregnant.
Author:
Stickland | Collier | Burrows | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bell, Cecil | Bell, Keith | et al.
Sponsor:
Hall
Last Action:
06/02/2019 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems.
Author:
Button | Thompson, Senfronia | Morrison | Johnson, Julie | Ortega
Coauthor:
Allison | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bell, Cecil | Collier | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2019 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the provision of information to certain women enrolled in the Healthy Texas Women program.
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:
Rose | Zerwas | Thompson, Senfronia | Coleman | Longoria
Coauthor:
Cain | Gervin-Hawkins | Stickland
Last Action:
05/09/2019 S Received from the House
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness.
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:
Lambert | Sheffield | Zerwas | Oliverson | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Allison | Ashby | Bailes | Bell, Cecil | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Campbell
Last Action:
05/15/2019 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to modification of certain prescription drug benefits and coverage offered by certain health benefit plans.
Author:
Pacheco | Cortez | Lopez | Minjarez | Gutierrez
Coauthor:
Allison | Gervin-Hawkins | Guillen
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
06/15/2019 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the period for which a school district's participation in certain tax increment financing reinvestment zones may be taken into account in determining the total taxable value of property in the school district.
Author:
Capriglione | Phelan | Canales | Wilson | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anchia | Biedermann | Blanco | Cain | Clardy | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2019 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure of certain contracting information under the public information law.
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:
Allison | Pacheco | Nevárez | Lambert | Bernal
Coauthor:
Allen | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Ashby | Bailes | Beckley | et al.
Last Action:
03/11/2019 H Referred to Appropriations: Mar 11 2019 6:06PM
Caption:
Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
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:
Goldman | Krause | Tinderholt | Howard | Neave
Coauthor:
Allison | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Biedermann | Bohac | Dean | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/29/2019 E Effective on 9/1/19
Caption:
Relating to a requirement that law enforcement agencies enter into a certain database information related to investigations of sexual assault or other sex offenses.
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.
Author:
Johnson, Jarvis | Reynolds | Dutton | Deshotel | Sherman, Sr.
Coauthor:
Allen | Bowers | Collier | Davis, Yvonne | Gervin-Hawkins | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2019 H Reported enrolled: Apr 23 2019 10:44AM
Caption:
Honoring 100 Black Men of America for its service to African American youth.
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