Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Eddie Rodriguez
78th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 1/18/2026

Number of Bills: 68

HB 24 Author: Hodge
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Berman | Bonnen | et al.
Last Action: 04/16/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the restoration of good conduct time forfeited during a term of imprisonment.

HB 46 Author: Turner | Wise | Homer | Gutierrez
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Canales | Gallego | Campbell
Last Action: 01/30/2003 H Referred to Regulated Industries
Caption: Relating to the continuance of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board and the limitation on deposits to the telecommunications infrastructure fund.

HB 51 Author: Hill | Rose | Heflin | Hope | Wolens
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/09/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to representation of a person for compensation before an executive state agency by a member of the legislature.

HB 57 Author: Wise | Turner | Brown, Fred | Garza | Alonzo
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Villarreal | Pena | Quintanilla | Chavez | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the identification information required of an applicant for a driver's license.

HB 61 Author: Wise | Riddle | West, George "Buddy" | Morrison | Talton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the eligibility of certain defendants charged with or convicted of sexual offenses against children for release on community supervision.

HB 136 Author: Brown, Fred | Brown, Betty | Gattis | McClendon | Chavez
Coauthor: Guillen | Branch | Hunter | Jones, Elizabeth | Menendez | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to limiting the amount of county, municipal, or junior college district ad valorem taxes that may be imposed on the residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their surviving spouses.

HB 242 Author: Seaman | Keffer, Jim | Dawson
Coauthor: Guillen | Geren | Casteel | Campbell | Chavez | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/16/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to career and technology education and training.

HB 258 Author: Pickett | McClendon | Pena | Moreno, Paul | Dukes
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Haggerty | Quintanilla | Gallego | Cook, Robby | et al.
Sponsor: Madla
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to correcting errors in the distribution of benefits by a public retirement system.

HB 336 Author: Olivo | Turner | Dutton | Allen | Oliveira
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Castro | Hardcastle | Telford | Wilson | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2003 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the requirements for a high school diploma.

HB 337 Author: Olivo | Turner | Dutton | Allen | Oliveira
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Davis, Yvonne | Farrar | Homer | Luna | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2003 H Referred to subcommittee
Caption: Relating to alternative compensatory criteria for promotion to certain grade levels in public school.

HB 343 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the abolition of the death penalty.

HB 351 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in capital cases in which the state seeks the death penalty.

HB 357 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/01/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of a commission to study capital punishment in Texas and to a moratorium on executions.

HB 360 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the admissibility of certain confessions in capital cases.

HB 361 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/02/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exemptions from the sales tax.

HB 366 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 380 Author: Dutton
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the imposition of the death penalty in certain cases where the guilt of the defendant may be in doubt.

HB 392 Author: Seaman | Smithee | Eiland | Thompson | Naishtat
Coauthor: Bonnen | Campbell | Canales | Capelo | Christian | et al.
Last Action: 04/07/2003 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption: Relating to the licensing of public insurance adjusters; providing administrative and criminal penalties.

HB 512 Author: Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 05/05/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of terroristic threat.

HB 514 Author: Griggs
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/14/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the payment of retirement benefits to certain retirees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas who are employed as classroom teachers.

HB 525 Author: Noriega | Coleman | Davis, John | Menendez | Alonzo
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/11/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to providing health care services without regard to a person's immigration status.

HB 595 Author: Dukes
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 02/11/2003 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a program for the disposition of electronic equipment; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 600 Author: Wolens | Geren | Wise
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Telford | Hopson | Farrar | Noriega | et al.
Last Action: 03/03/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation and reform of certain lines of insurance; providing a penalty.

HB 614 Author: Keel | Gallego | Ellis, Dan | Talton | Gattis
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Wong
Last Action: 05/01/2003 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with mental retardation.

HB 717 Author: Truitt | Dukes | Branch | McCall | Bonnen
Coauthor: Christian | Hochberg | Homer | Rodriguez | Farabee | et al.
Last Action: 02/27/2003 H Laid on table subject to call in committee
Caption: Relating to the cost of education adjustment.

HB 722 Author: Guillen
Coauthor: Garza | Raymond | Rodriguez
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to the powers of the commissioners court in certain counties that have no incorporated municipality.

HB 776 Author: Naishtat | Mabry
Coauthor: Guillen | Rodriguez
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to requiring that certain individuals who provide nursing services in a nursing institution receive annual training in caring for people with dementia.

HB 809 Author: Keel | Chavez | Hupp | Thompson | Hodge
Coauthor: Alonzo | Bailey | Burnam | Canales | Capelo | et al.
Last Action: 05/13/2003 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to certain gaming activity conducted by an Indian tribe or tribal organization.

HB 814 Author: Gutierrez | Davis, John | Thompson | Taylor | Keffer, Bill
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Berman | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor: Barrientos
Last Action: 05/27/2003 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to motor vehicle financial responsibility; providing penalties.

HB 825 Author: Mercer
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 02/18/2003 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the information required to be on the label of a dangerous drug that is delivered or offered for delivery by a pharmacist under a prescription.

HB 995 Author: Mercer | Dukes
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/08/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the protection of public employees who report a waste of funds from retaliation by a state or local governmental entity.

HB 1028 Author: Coleman
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 02/24/2003 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to certain immunization programs.

HB 1083 Author: Baxter
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Branch
Last Action: 04/09/2003 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the prompt production of public information under the public information law.

HB 1131 Author: Flores | Marchant | Driver | Ritter | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Harper-Brown | Keffer, Bill | Puente | Hodge | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to insurer interests in certain motor vehicle repair facilities; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1139 Author: Zedler
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 02/26/2003 H Referred to State Cultural & Recreational Res
Caption: Relating to the offense of cruelty to animals.

HB 1246 Author: Riddle | Flores
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Christian
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault.

HB 1320 Author: Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Villarreal
Last Action: 04/10/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the transfer of money appropriated to provide care for certain persons in nursing facilities to provide community-based services to those persons.

HB 1359 Author: Pena
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/23/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the admissibility of evidence of an alleged victim's past sexual behavior or alleged sexual predisposition.

HB 1360 Author: Pena | Eissler
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/20/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to damages that may be awarded against an employer who terminates or refuses to reemploy certain employees who are members of the state military forces.

HB 1381 Author: Thompson | Farrar | Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Villarreal
Last Action: 04/24/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to emergency contraception drug therapy initiated and distributed by a pharmacist to a patient in accordance with drug therapy protocol.

HB 1487 Author: Driver
Coauthor: Mercer | Rodriguez | Jones, Elizabeth | Brown, Betty | Flynn | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain electricians; providing penalties.

HB 1545 Author: Raymond
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Solis
Last Action: 04/24/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a prescription drug purchasing program and an associated assistance program.

HB 1605 Author: Pena
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/06/2003 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the designation of United States Highway 281 as the Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca Highway.

HB 1658 Author: Goodman | Hamric | Truitt | Thompson | Solis
Coauthor: Allen | Brown, Fred | Canales | Castro | Corte | et al.
Last Action: 03/10/2003 H Referred to Regulated Industries
Caption: Relating to regulation of high-speed Internet access and broadband services.

HB 1786 Author: Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Villarreal
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a pilot program for transferring money appropriated to provide institutional care for certain persons to provide community-based services to those persons.

HB 1787 Author: Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Villarreal
Last Action: 04/10/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the transfer of money appropriated to provide care for certain persons in nursing facilities to provide community-based services to those persons.

HB 1844 Author: Grusendorf | Bohac | Christian | Stick | Madden
Coauthor: Mercer | Alonzo | Canales | Castro | Davis, Yvonne | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/18/2003 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to a program under which classroom teachers are reimbursed for personal funds expended on classroom supplies.

HB 1933 Author: Capelo
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/01/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a prescription drug purchasing program and an associated assistance program.

HB 2059 Author: Villarreal
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/23/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to providing supplemental financial assistance to certain primary caretakers of a child receiving financial assistance.

HB 2140 Author: Dukes | Solomons
Coauthor: Cook, Robby | Rodriguez
Last Action: 05/02/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the definitions in certain manufactured home communities.

HB 2142 Author: Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Villarreal
Last Action: 04/16/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to medical assistance in certain alternative community-based care settings.

HB 2193 Author: Farabee | Davis, John | Goodman
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/17/2003 H Referred to Insurance
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain mental disorders in children.

HB 2325 Author: Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/16/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to reports and investigations of abuse and neglect in nursing facilities.

HB 2326 Author: Naishtat
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/31/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a health and human services commission study of the state response to abuse or neglect of certain older individuals.

HB 2496 Author: Branch | Denny | Marchant | Raymond | Turner
Coauthor: Allen | Baxter | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Janek
Last Action: 06/18/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to the date of the primary election.

HB 2598 Author: Hodge
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the rights of certain victims of violent crimes and relatives or guardians of the victims.

HB 2629 Author: Thompson
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/24/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to hospital emergency services for sexual assault survivors.

HB 2668 Author: Allen | Stick | Hodge | Uresti | Edwards
Coauthor: Rodriguez | Pena
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to the punishment and sentencing of defendants convicted of certain offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

HB 2682 Author: Denny
Coauthor: Rodriguez
Sponsor: Staples
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to the designation of permanent places for certain judicial offices.

HB 2911 Author: Homer | Phillips | Seaman
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2003 S Referred to Infrastructure Dev & Security
Caption: Relating to designation of Farm-to-Market Road 68 in Fannin County as Speaker Jimmy Turman Road.

HB 3203 Author: Delisi | Capelo | Driver | Heflin | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Jones, Elizabeth | Wong | Hegar | Canales | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2003 H Postponed
Caption: Relating to the creation of the driver responsibility program to fund certain emergency medical services, trauma facilities, and trauma care systems in this state.

HB 3410 Author: Olivo
Coauthor: Swinford | Rodriguez
Last Action: 04/01/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to district accreditation standards

HJR 16 Author: Brown, Fred | Brown, Betty | Gattis | Chavez | Baxter
Coauthor: Branch | Hunter | Jones, Elizabeth | Menendez | Noriega | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/30/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a county, a city or town, or a junior college district to establish an ad valorem tax freeze on residence homesteads of the disabled and of the elderly and their spouses.

HJR 61 Author: McReynolds
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Bailey | Baxter | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Armbrister
Last Action: 05/29/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing municipalities to donate surplus fire-fighting equipment or supplies for the benefit of rural volunteer fire departments.

HR 600 Author: Chavez | Olivo | Luna | Alonzo | Thompson
Coauthor: Burnam | Canales | Capelo | Castro | Davis, Yvonne | et al.
Last Action: 03/27/2003 H Reported enrolled: Mar 27 2003 9:50PM
Caption: Honoring Dolores Huerta for her labor activism.

HR 691 Author: Van Arsdale | Merritt | Wong | Baxter | Keel
Coauthor: Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/04/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 4 2003 8:30AM
Caption: Congratulating the members of The University of Texas men's basketball team on earning a berth in the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Final Four and extending to them sincere best wishes for continued success.

HR 692 Author: Merritt | Van Arsdale | Rose | Pitts | Elkins
Coauthor: Alonzo | Berman | Bohac | Branch | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2003 H Reported enrolled: Apr 3 2003 5:30PM
Caption: Congratulating the members of the University of Texas women's basketball team on advancing to the NCAA 2003 Final Four and extending to them sincere best wishes for continued success in their quest for the national championship.

HR 1271 Author: Gallego
Coauthor: Burnam | Canales | Chavez | Dukes | Farrar | et al.
Last Action: 05/20/2003 H Referred to House Administration
Caption: Directing the House Administration Committee to hang a portrait of the Honorable Irma Rangel in the house chamber.

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