Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Joseph Pickett
77th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 9/30/2025

Number of Bills: 47

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (22):
HB 144 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 01/24/2001 H Referred to Licensing & Admin. Procedures
Caption: Relating to land surveyor licensing, certification, or registration.

HB 145 Author: Pickett | Reyna, Arthur
Last Action: 01/24/2001 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the recall of a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

HB 162 Author: Pickett | Gutierrez | Isett
Last Action: 02/12/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the impoundment of a motor vehicle for failure to maintain financial responsibility for the vehicle.

HB 489 Author: Pickett
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the definition of a junked vehicle under the public nuisance law.

HB 492 Author: Pickett
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 05/13/2001 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 13 2001 3:23PM
Caption: Relating to historical reenactments on premises permitted or licensed under the Alcoholic Beverage Code.

HB 503 Author: Pickett | Driver | Gutierrez
Last Action: 05/10/2001 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to allowing certain peace officers to enforce commercial motor vehicle safety standards.

HB 580 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 04/03/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to annual audits of school dropout records.

HB 659 Author: Pickett | Reyna, Arthur
Last Action: 04/02/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the sale and inspection of real estate.

HB 739 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Transportation Commission.

HB 1370 Author: Pickett | Hawley
Last Action: 03/26/2001 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain public entities to borrow from the state infrastructure bank.

HB 1831 Author: Pickett
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/14/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the power of the Texas Department of Transportation to contract and to issue certain license plates.

HB 2110 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 04/27/2001 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the issuance of special license plates for motorcycles owned by former members of the United States armed forces and their surviving spouses.

HB 2177 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 04/27/2001 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to special license plates in honor of the YMCA in Texas.

HB 3008 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 04/27/2001 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to the issuance of special license plates for members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

HB 3522 Author: Pickett | Chavez
Last Action: 03/15/2001 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the election of trustees in certain school districts.

HCR 12 Author: Pickett
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 02/05/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Granting permission to the YMCA Youth and Government Program to use the chambers of the senate and house of representatives, auditorium, and committee rooms on January 25-28, 2001, and on January 24-27, 2002.

HJR 16 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 01/24/2001 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing elections for the recall of independent school district trustees.

HR 10 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 01/25/2001 H Reported enrolled: Jan 25 2001 8:32AM
Caption: Recognizing January 24, 2001, the Chinese New Year 4699.

HR 214 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 02/07/2001 H Reported enrolled: Feb 7 2001 4:40PM
Caption: Recognizing February 7, 2001, as YMCA Day at the State Capitol.

HR 788 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 04/27/2001 H Reported enrolled: Apr 27 2001 4:12PM
Caption: Honoring the memory of Lynwood Boyer of El Paso.

HR 1347 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 05/29/2001 H Reported enrolled: May 29 2001 4:48PM
Caption: Honoring the birth of Chrystofer Anthony Pickett.

HR 1349 Author: Pickett
Last Action: 05/30/2001 H Reported enrolled: May 30 2001 9:54AM
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 1831.

Joint Author (25):
HB 41 Author: McClendon | Pickett | Longoria
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the members of the Texas Transportation Commission.

HB 52 Author: Oliveira | Pickett
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the financing and construction of highways by the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 495 Author: Smith | Pickett
Sponsor: Moncrief
Last Action: 06/17/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to the definition of an antique vehicle under the junked vehicle public nuisance law.

HB 1052 Author: Counts | Pickett
Last Action: 03/27/2001 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Automobile Theft Prevention Authority to establish advisory committees.

HB 1253 Author: Yarbrough | Pickett
Last Action: 03/21/2001 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of professional land surveying.

HB 1291 Author: Garcia | Olivo | Pickett
Last Action: 04/26/2001 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to information in public school campus report cards concerning students who do not graduate from high school in four years.

HB 1390 Author: Najera | Pickett
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 05/23/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to create an industrial development district.

HB 1638 Author: Hamric | Pickett
Last Action: 04/20/2001 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the payment and use of a bid guaranty for a state highway improvement contract.

HB 1700 Author: Gutierrez | Raymond | Pickett | Gallego | Najera
Last Action: 04/27/2001 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to short-term motor vehicle liability insurance policies for motorists entering this state from Mexico.

HB 1979 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Najera | Pickett | Haggerty
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 05/16/2001 E Effective on 1/1/02
Caption: Relating to the creation of additional statutory county courts in El Paso County and to the administration, jurisdiction, and operation of statutory and district courts in that county.

HB 1996 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 06/11/2001 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the designation of a segment of Loop 375 in El Paso County as the Cesar Chavez Border Highway.

HB 2227 Author: Isett | Pickett | Kitchen | Chavez | Villarreal, Mike
Last Action: 04/24/2001 H Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE).

HB 2467 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Last Action: 03/14/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to rates and expenditures under the Medicaid and state child health plan program in strategic investment areas.

HB 2468 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Last Action: 03/14/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to capitation and reimbursement rates under the state child health plan in the Texas-Mexico border region.

HB 2469 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Last Action: 03/14/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to rates and expenditures under the Medicaid and state child health plan program in strategic investment areas.

HB 2470 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Last Action: 03/14/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to rates and expenditures under the Medicaid and state child health plan program in the Texas-Mexico border region.

HB 2471 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Last Action: 05/10/2001 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to rates and expenditures under the Medicaid and state child health plan program in the Texas-Mexico border region.

HB 2614 Author: Solis, Jim | Chavez | Raymond | Pickett | Flores
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 06/16/2001 E Effective on 9/1/01
Caption: Relating to a dental services pilot program in border-region counties.

HB 3237 Author: Hamric | Pickett | Truitt
Last Action: 04/24/2001 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to contracts for the development of transportation projects by the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Turnpike Authority division of the Texas Department of Transportation.

HCR 2 Author: Najera | Pickett | Haggerty | Moreno, Paul | Chavez
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 06/15/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Recognizing February 6-7, 2001, as El Paso Days at the State Capitol.

HCR 93 Author: Gallego | Najera | Chavez | Pickett | Moreno, Paul
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 02/28/2001 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Extending to Governor Patricio Martinez Garcia of Chihuahua, Mexico, best wishes for a speedy recovery.

HCR 241 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Haggerty | Pickett | Najera
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 05/10/2001 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Designating El Paso as the International Gateway City of the Americas.

HJR 13 Author: Oliveira | Pickett
Last Action: 04/17/2001 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for the issuance of bonds for certain improvements to the state highway system.

HR 169 Author: Najera | Chavez | Haggerty | Pickett | Moreno, Paul
Last Action: 02/08/2001 H Reported enrolled: Feb 8 2001 8:11AM
Caption: Welcoming the El Paso delegation to the State Capitol on February 7, 2001.

HR 1062 Author: Chavez | Moreno, Paul | Pickett | Haggerty | Najera
Last Action: 05/19/2001 H Reported enrolled: May 19 2001 12:30PM
Caption: In memory of Carly Raquel Martinez of El Paso.

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