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Texas Legislature

Bills Coauthored

Rep. Edmund Kuempel
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/27/2026

Number of Bills: 34

Author:
Eiland | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally.
Author:
Corte | Fletcher | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Branch | McCall | Coleman | McClendon | Madden
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/17/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to measures to enhance and maintain the quality of state universities, including funding and incentives to support emerging public research universities, to the abolition of the higher education fund, to the institutional groupings under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, to the independent status of Lamar Institute of Technology, to research conducted by public universities and other state entities, and to the authorization of revenue bonds for certain institutions of higher education.
Author:
Phillips | Olivo | Paxton | Martinez, "Mando"
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/15/2009 H Recalled from subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Flynn | Berman | Shelton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Anderson | Martinez, "Mando" | Hopson | Zerwas | Shelton
Coauthor:
Driver | Homer | Howard, Charlie | Jackson, Jim | King, Phil | et al.
Last Action:
03/04/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the addition of Salvia divinorum and its derivatives and extracts to Penalty Group 3 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
Author:
Chisum | Rose | Bohac | Parker | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Kuempel | Shelton
Last Action:
03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of property owned by organizations engaged primarily in performing charitable functions.
Author:
Bonnen | Crabb | Laubenberg | Smith, Wayne | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the interstate purchase of certain firearms.
Author:
Zerwas | Rose | Cohen | Dukes | Thompson
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bohac | Darby | Edwards | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for routine patient care costs for enrollees participating in certain clinical trials.
Author:
Isett | Homer | Legler | Eiland | Harper-Brown
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Button | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the requirement under certain circumstances that a license holder display the person's license to carry a concealed handgun.
Author:
Raymond
Coauthor:
Bolton | Christian | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting human cloning and other uses of human tissue by institutions of higher education; providing penalties.
Author:
Flores | Smith, Wayne | McReynolds | Corte | Smithee
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.
Author:
Taylor | Pena | Fletcher | Oliveira | Sheffield
Coauthor:
Allen | Bonnen | Button | Cook | Creighton | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from certain taxation of certain organizations.
Author:
Strama | Rose
Coauthor:
Farias | Kuempel
Last Action:
05/05/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the liability of the state for a violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Turner, Sylvester | Geren | Menendez | Bohac
Coauthor:
Gonzales | Jackson, Jim | Kent | Kuempel | Pierson | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to notice of expiration and price change in certain retail electric service contracts.
Author:
Vo | Thibaut | Zerwas | Legler | Anchia
Coauthor:
Allen | Brown, Fred | Christian | Farrar | Keffer | et al.
Last Action:
02/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.
Author:
Turner, Chris | Ortiz, Jr. | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Chavez | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/19/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund.
Author:
Frost | Farabee | Lucio III | McReynolds | Driver
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.
Author:
Crownover | Naishtat | Flores | Heflin | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anderson | Berman | Bolton | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to funding of the Communities In Schools program.
Author:
Woolley | Hardcastle | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Bolton | Howard, Donna | Kuempel | Martinez, "Mando" | Rose
Last Action:
03/03/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
Author:
Driver | McReynolds | Kolkhorst | Ortiz, Jr. | Merritt
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the campuses of institutions of higher education.
Author:
Keffer | Rose | Deshotel | Ritter | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Button | Chisum | Cook | Darby | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to career and technical education in the public schools and high school graduation requirements.
Author:
Patrick
Coauthor:
Kuempel | Shelton
Last Action:
05/01/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to disclosure of certain personal information of applicants for employment with and current and former employees of public school entities.
Author:
Hughes | Lucio III | Cook | Rodriguez | Harless
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
Author:
Otto | Oliveira | Paxton | Taylor | Pena
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the market value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes on the basis of the property's value as a residence homestead and to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.
Author:
Fletcher | Gallego | King, Phil | Solomons | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to certain fraudulent investment schemes; providing penalties.
Author:
Morrison | Cook | Harless | Heflin | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to informed and voluntary consent for an abortion and the collection and reporting of information related to the performance of an abortion; providing penalties.
Author:
Swinford | Heflin | Hopson | Hardcastle | Jones
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Chisum | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the governance and disclosure requirements of electric cooperative corporations and the review of complaints of electric cooperative corporation members by the Office of the Attorney General.
Author:
Weber | Anchia | Thompson | Naishtat | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption:
Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.
Author:
Creighton | Hughes | Berman | Gattis | Guillen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/31/2009 S Received from the House
Caption:
Affirming that the State of Texas claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Herrero | Gattis | Truitt | Kent | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Farias | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action:
05/21/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.
Author:
Elkins
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/27/2009 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
Author:
Allen | Turner, Sylvester | Giddings | Bohac | Thompson
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Author:
Harless | Laubenberg | Branch
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action:
03/16/2009 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2009 2:53PM
Caption:
Recognizing April 16, 2009, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the Capitol.
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