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Texas Legislature Bills Coauthored Rep. Debbie Riddle 78th Legislature Regular Session Report Date: 4/19/2024
Number of Bills: 55

HB 4	Author:	Nixon \| Allen \| Capelo \| Woolley \| Cook, Robby
	Coauthor:	Baxter \| Berman \| Bohac \| Bonnen \| Branch \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Ratliff
	Last Action:	06/11/2003 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to reform of certain procedures and remedies in civil actions.

HB 15	Author:	Corte \| Wohlgemuth \| Laubenberg
	Coauthor:	Talton \| Smith, Todd \| Brown, Betty \| Zedler \| Denny \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Williams
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to regulation of abortion; creating an offense.

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 38	Author:	Chisum \| Geren \| Kuempel \| Campbell \| Hopson
	Coauthor:	Smith, Todd \| Flynn \| Eissler \| West, George "Buddy" \| Berman \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/29/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to the recognition of a same-sex marriage or a civil union.

HB 54	Author:	Wolens \| Denny \| Madden
	Coauthor:	Mercer \| Riddle \| Wong \| Harper-Brown
	Sponsor:	Shapiro
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to certain early voting by mail procedures and to the prevention of voting fraud generally; providing criminal penalties.

HB 87	Author:	McClendon
	Coauthor:	Mercer \| Riddle \| Homer \| Paxton \| Truitt
	Last Action:	02/03/2003 H Referred to Public Education
	Caption:	Relating to the observance of one minute of silence during the school day in public schools.

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 155	Author:	West, George "Buddy" \| Pena \| Casteel \| Allen \| Crabb
	Coauthor:	Van Arsdale \| King \| Morrison \| Wong \| Riddle
	Sponsor:	Whitmire
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from owning or serving in certain capacities on behalf of a sexually oriented business; creating an offense and providing a penalty.

HB 174	Author:	Howard \| Isett \| Berman \| Corte \| Seaman
	Coauthor:	Smith, Wayne \| Hughes \| Eissler \| Hochberg \| Mercer \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Estes
	Last Action:	06/18/2003 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to benefits for members of the state military forces called to active state duty.

HB 197	Author:	Wohlgemuth \| Delisi \| Capelo
	Coauthor:	Mercer \| Brown, Betty \| Hunter \| Riddle
	Last Action:	02/06/2003 H Referred to Civil Practices
	Caption:	Relating to health care liability claims.

HB 219	Author:	Hope
	Coauthor:	Stick \| West, George "Buddy" \| Campbell \| Berman \| Hegar \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Staples
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the display of the United States national motto in public elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education.

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 246	Author:	Allen \| Olivo \| Hupp \| Wohlgemuth \| Deshotel
	Coauthor:	Smith, Todd \| Howard \| Talton \| Brown, Betty \| Zedler \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/17/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the death of or injury to an unborn child; providing penalties.

HB 294	Author:	Davis, John \| Pena \| Hilderbran \| Cook, Byron \| Geren
	Coauthor:	Taylor \| Keel \| Isett \| Hughes \| Riddle \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Barrientos
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to recognizing March as Texas History Month.

HB 329	Author:	Naishtat \| Seaman \| Raymond \| Madden \| Menendez
	Coauthor:	Capelo \| Bohac \| King \| Riddle \| Rose \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Fraser
	Last Action:	06/11/2003 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the regulation of mold assessors and remediators, civil liability for mold remediation, and insurance coverage on mold claims; providing civil and administrative penalties.

HB 335	Author:	Hamric
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Sponsor:	Lindsay
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to the public sale of certain real property; providing penalties.

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 405	Author:	Miller \| Hupp \| Delisi
	Coauthor:	Hunter \| Wong \| Riddle
	Sponsor:	Fraser
	Last Action:	05/07/2003 S Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to resident tuition for military personnel and their dependents.

HB 420	Author:	Martinez Fischer \| Keel \| Villarreal \| Merritt \| Phillips
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Riddle
	Sponsor:	Zaffirini
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to the punishment for certain property offenses committed against an elderly individual.

HB 443	Author:	Denny
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Last Action:	04/28/2003 S Referred to Education
	Caption:	Relating to providing notice concerning certain school district purchases.

HB 474	Author:	Wong \| Heflin \| Bohac \| Noriega \| Harper-Brown
	Coauthor:	Eissler \| Davis, John \| Crabb \| Woolley \| Pena \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/13/2003 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the limitation on the maximum average annual percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 545	Author:	Wohlgemuth \| Flores \| Hupp \| Uresti \| Berman
	Coauthor:	Truitt \| Homer \| Mercer \| Riddle \| Miller
	Sponsor:	Wentworth
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to military discharge records that are recorded with or otherwise in the possession of a governmental body.

HB 568	Author:	Mowery \| Keel \| Crabb \| Thompson \| Turner
	Coauthor:	Berman \| Eissler \| Hope \| Zedler \| Denny \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to a revision of the procedures for municipal annexation.

HB 569	Author:	Berman \| Cook, Byron \| Denny \| Hupp
	Coauthor:	Brown, Fred \| Howard \| Hunter \| Davis, John \| Swinford \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/10/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to fetal pain prevention; providing penalties.

HB 639	Author:	Smithee \| Seaman \| Edwards \| Gallego
	Coauthor:	Keffer, Bill \| Taylor \| Wong \| Cook, Byron \| Bohac \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/12/2003 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to rate information to be filed by certain insurers of residential property; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 640	Author:	Bohac \| Harper-Brown \| Laubenberg \| Rose \| Eissler
	Coauthor:	Dawson \| Hamilton \| Wong \| Taylor \| Flynn \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/12/2003 H Referred to Public Education
	Caption:	Relating to certain requirements at the beginning of each school day in public schools.

HB 651	Author:	Pitts \| Campbell \| Branch
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Sponsor:	Williams
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of a savings incentive program for state agencies.

HB 793	Author:	Branch \| Bohac \| McClendon \| Eissler \| Kolkhorst
	Coauthor:	Paxton \| Corte \| Allen \| Berman \| Brown, Betty \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/05/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to pledges of allegiance to the United States and Texas flags and to observance of one minute of silence in public schools.

HB 878	Author:	Hupp \| Allen \| Wilson \| Driver \| Keel
	Coauthor:	Bailey \| Berman \| Brown, Betty \| Brown, Fred \| Campbell \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/27/2003 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the application of criminal trespass laws to persons licensed to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 897	Author:	Woolley \| Giddings
	Coauthor:	King \| Riddle
	Sponsor:	Nelson
	Last Action:	06/18/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to the operation of certain employer coalitions and cooperatives established for the provision of health benefits coverage.

HB 982	Author:	Talton
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Last Action:	05/13/2003 S Referred to Criminal Justice
	Caption:	Relating to the authority of a peace officer to make a warrantless arrest when a person confesses to committing a felony.

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 1173	Author:	Madden
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Sponsor:	Madla
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the use of a building on a federal military base or facility as a polling place in an election.

HB 1175	Author:	King \| Bonnen \| Jones, Jesse \| Luna \| Cook, Robby
	Coauthor:	Berman \| Hegar \| Keffer, Bill \| Zedler \| Howard \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/13/2003 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to the regulation of cloning of human beings; providing penalties.

HB 1316	Author:	Callegari
	Coauthor:	Riddle \| Van Arsdale
	Last Action:	05/05/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to the service area of the North Harris Montgomery Community College District.

HB 1365	Author:	Bonnen \| Ritter \| Chisum \| Luna \| Hochberg
	Coauthor:	Wong \| Riddle \| Pena
	Sponsor:	Harris
	Last Action:	06/22/2003 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to the Texas emissions reduction plan.

HB 1406	Author:	Brown, Betty \| Hupp \| Grusendorf
	Coauthor:	King \| Zedler \| Riddle
	Sponsor:	Staples
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to a recommendation by a school district employee concerning a use of a psychotropic drug by a student or suggestion of a particular diagnosis and to refusal by a parent or certain other person to consent to administration of a psychotropic drug to a student or to psychiatric evaluation or examination of a student.

HB 1425	Author:	Keel \| Raymond \| Naishtat \| Stick \| Chavez
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Last Action:	05/09/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault committed against residents of certain facilities.

HB 1426	Author:	Keel \| Raymond \| Naishtat \| Stick \| Chavez
	Coauthor:	Riddle
	Last Action:	05/09/2003 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to creating offenses for abandoning or endangering an elderly individual or disabled individual and for failing to provide certain care for a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

HB 1447	Author:	Howard \| Madden \| Heflin \| Talton \| Flynn
	Coauthor:	Casteel \| Laubenberg \| Zedler \| Hughes \| Berman \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/10/2003 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the authority of the State Board of Education regarding public school curriculum and textbooks.

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 1743	Author:	Delisi
	Coauthor:	Miller \| Riddle
	Sponsor:	Nelson
	Last Action:	06/18/2003 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to prevention of fraud and abuse under the medical assistance program; creating an offense.

HB 1776	Author:	Hughes \| Dutton \| Smith, Todd
	Coauthor:	Berman \| Branch \| Cook, Byron \| Dawson \| Eissler \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Nelson
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to Celebrate Freedom Week and to certain instruction in social studies classes in public schools.

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 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 3223	Author:	Bohac \| Hegar \| Bonnen \| Wong \| Howard
	Coauthor:	Talton \| Nixon \| Elkins \| Dawson \| Crabb \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Janek
	Last Action:	05/28/2003 S Placed on intent calendar
	Caption:	Relating to limiting the maximum average annual increase in the appraised value of real property for ad valorem tax purposes.

HB 3477	Author:	Stick \| Hupp \| Bohac \| Hopson \| Driver
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Baxter \| Berman \| Bonnen \| Brown, Betty \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Estes
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 9/1/03
	Caption:	Relating to the issuance of concealed handgun licenses to residents of certain other states and to reciprocity agreements with other states concerning concealed handgun licenses.

HB 3546	Author:	Hamric \| Davis, Yvonne \| Luna \| Gutierrez \| Mowery
	Coauthor:	Bohac \| Callegari \| Hill \| Riddle \| Van Arsdale
	Sponsor:	Lucio
	Last Action:	06/20/2003 E Effective on 1/1/04
	Caption:	Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property used to provide low-income or moderate-income housing.

HCR 75	Author:	Eissler \| Branch \| Bonnen \| Griggs \| Stick
	Coauthor:	Bohac \| Callegari \| Corte \| Dawson \| Denny \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/07/2003 S Referred to State Affairs
	Caption:	Memorializing the U.S. Congress to support President Bush's policies of war on terrorism, homeland security, and disarmament action against Iraq.

HJR 3	Author:	Nixon
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Baxter \| Berman \| Bohac \| Branch \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Nelson
	Last Action:	05/20/2003 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Proposing a constitutional amendment concerning civil lawsuits against doctors and health care providers, and other actions, authorizing the legislature to determine limitations on non-economic damages.

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 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 1629	Author:	Wong \| Woolley \| Turner \| Edwards \| Moreno, Joe E.
	Coauthor:	Riddle \| Bohac
	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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