Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Sylvester Turner
78th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 1/18/2026

Number of Bills: 51

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (42):
HB 45 Author: Turner | Wise | Edwards
Last Action: 03/03/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of certain insurance underwriting guidelines based on credit history; providing penalties.

HB 46 Author: Turner | Wise | Homer | Gutierrez
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 47 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/10/2003 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the office of advocate for children in the custody of a governmental entity.

HB 48 Author: Turner
Last Action: 05/13/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the survival of a wrongful death suit on the death of the plaintiff.

HB 49 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/09/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Health regarding sanitation and privacy in public school restrooms.

HB 50 Author: Turner | Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/19/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the right of an employee to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the employee's child.

HB 551 Author: Turner
Last Action: 02/11/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to open-enrollment charter schools.

HB 1106 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/28/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to presumptions for state land records.

HB 1736 Author: Turner | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/06/2003 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the review of the reimbursement methodology for and resource needs of nursing facilities.

HB 1737 Author: Turner
Last Action: 05/05/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to prohibiting credit card solicitations on certain school campuses; providing a civil penalty.

HB 1738 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/10/2003 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the definition of podiatry.

HB 1739 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/10/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the expulsion of certain public school students.

HB 1740 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the duties of the office of the attorney representing the state in capital cases.

HB 1974 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to access by the Office of Public Utility Counsel to records gathered by the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

HB 2228 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the re-enrollment of certain students who are expelled from a public school.

HB 2229 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to transferring programs and activities relating to public mental health services for children from the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation to the Health and Human Services Commission.

HB 2230 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/08/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the imposition of an excessive emissions events fee to support air quality monitoring at certain schools.

HB 2329 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to time management and other duties required of classroom teachers in public schools.

HB 2330 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of remaining territory in a political subdivision.

HB 2331 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of remaining territory in a political subdivision.

HB 2332 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the service area of the Houston Community College System District.

HB 2333 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2003 H Referred to Corrections
Caption: Relating to certain personnel policies of the Texas Department of Corrections and to certain related duties of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice.

HB 2334 Author: Turner
Sponsor: Ellis, Rodney
Last Action: 06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
Caption: Relating to the right of residents of an area annexed for limited purposes to vote in certain municipal elections.

HB 2335 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/16/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a limitation on an electric utility's installed generation capacity.

HB 2336 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/22/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the duties of an electric utility regarding certain customer requests.

HB 2337 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/15/2003 H Meeting cancelled
Caption: Relating to the purchase of electricity and energy services by political subdivision aggregators.

HB 2338 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/22/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the revocation of a retail electric provider's certificate by the Public Utility Commission of Texas for failure to bill a customer.

HB 2339 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/22/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to access to the ERCOT independent system operator portal by a political subdivision aggregator.

HB 2340 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/01/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to metering services provided to certain electricity customers.

HB 2404 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/10/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to penalties to defray a taxing unit's costs of collecting delinquent property taxes.

HB 2463 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/01/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain telecommunications and electric service providers and the enforcement of certain penalties.

HB 2515 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Referred to Local Government Ways and Means
Caption: Relating to the required reporting to a chief appraiser of certain information about real property that is conveyed, including purchase price and other information; providing a penalty.

HB 2516 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to repealing the refund of sales and franchise taxes to reimburse certain taxes paid on property in a reinvestment zone.

HB 2517 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Referred to Local Government Ways and Means
Caption: Relating to the ad valorem taxation of farm products and open-space land.

HB 2531 Author: Turner | Edwards
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the salaries paid to teachers and superintendents in certain school districts.

HB 2532 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/24/2003 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to the use of federal estate tax provisions in determining the application of the Texas estate tax to certain transfers of property.

HB 2615 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/30/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of expenses in ratemaking proceedings.

HB 2616 Author: Turner | Ritter | Goolsby | Kuempel
Last Action: 04/28/2003 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the termination of agreements with certain insurance agents.

HB 2745 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Referred to Energy Resources
Caption: Relating to the review and approval by the General Land Office of energy acquisition contracts entered into by certain public retail customers.

HB 2746 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/25/2003 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to permissible conditions of community supervision for certain defendants convicted of an alcohol-related offense.

HR 2 Author: Turner | Smithee
Last Action: 01/15/2003 H Reported enrolled: Jan 15 2003 8:19AM
Caption: Providing for the election of the speaker.

HR 965 Author: Turner
Last Action: 05/05/2003 H Reported enrolled: May 5 2003 10:00AM
Caption: Honoring Willie "Bill" French, Jr., and Florence French of Houston on their 50th wedding anniversary.

Joint Author (9):
HB 57 Author: Wise | Turner | Brown, Fred | Garza | Alonzo
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 336 Author: Olivo | Turner | Dutton | Allen | Oliveira
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
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 530 Author: Giddings | Dutton | McCall | Turner | Olivo
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 05/27/2003 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 27 2003 12:40PM
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the legislature from meeting on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day.

HB 568 Author: Mowery | Keel | Crabb | Thompson | Turner
Last Action: 05/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to a revision of the procedures for municipal annexation.

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

HB 3343 Author: Wohlgemuth | Turner
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 05/23/2003 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the coordination of statewide public transportation by the Texas Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation.

HB 3588 Author: Krusee | Delisi | Capelo | Turner | Phillips
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/22/2003 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the construction, acquisition, financing, maintenance, management, operation, ownership, and control of transportation facilities and the progress, improvement, policing, and safety of transportation in the state; imposing criminal penalties.

HR 1629 Author: Wong | Woolley | Turner | Edwards | Moreno, Joe E.
Last Action: 06/06/2003 H Reported enrolled: Jun 6 2003 9:30AM
Caption: Congratulating Rudy Tomjanovich on his retirement as head coach of the Houston Rockets.

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