Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Jessica Farrar
81st Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/28/2024

Number of Bills: 87

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (57):
HB 678 Author: Farrar | Naishtat
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to Insurance
Caption: Relating to health benefit plan coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomy.

HB 679 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/10/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to testing and warnings related to mercury levels in certain fish.

HB 680 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to an abortion for a victim of incest or sexual assault.

HB 681 Author: Farrar | Rios Ybarra | Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/12/2009 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requiring warning signs regarding mercury levels in certain fish.

HB 682 Author: Farrar | Hodge | Marquez
Last Action: 03/12/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

HB 683 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to contact between a public school student who assaults another student and the student victim.

HB 684 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 02/18/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to an abortion when a fetal abnormality is detected.

HB 816 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 02/25/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to conditions of community supervision, release on parole, or release to mandatory supervision that restrict the proximity of a sex offender's residence to another sex offender's residence.

HB 871 Author: Farrar
Sponsor: Gallegos
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the method of mailing notice a municipal management district may use to notify a property owner about a scheduled hearing.

HB 1051 Author: Farrar | Guillen
Last Action: 02/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to public school accountability for bilingual education and English as a second language and other special language programs.

HB 1395 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/07/2009 H No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the offenses of cruelty to livestock animals and cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

HB 1396 Author: Farrar | Vaught | Branch | Bohac
Last Action: 05/19/2009 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.

HB 1619 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/30/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to format, appearance, and contents of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate issued by the Department of Public Safety.

HB 1792 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/04/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to providing public school students subject to in-school or out-of-school suspension with relevant class assignments.

HB 1793 Author: Farrar | Gallego | Marquez
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/29/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to judicial instruction for judges who hear complaints against children alleging violations of certain misdemeanor offenses.

HB 2094 Author: Farrar | Thompson
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to authorizing certain brewers and manufacturers to conduct tours of their premises after which beer or ale is provided to ultimate consumers for off-premises consumption.

HB 2095 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of and claims against residential home builders.

HB 2213 Author: Farrar | Brown, Fred | Edwards | Hodge | Naishtat
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the consequences of community supervision and to petitions and procedures for the expunction of criminal records and files and to orders of nondisclosure.

HB 2214 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 05/07/2009 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption: Relating to requiring instruction on the use of traffic circles.

HB 2215 Author: Farrar | Anchia | Coleman
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

HB 2220 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the authority of the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to require immunization against human papillomavirus for a person's admission to elementary or secondary school.

HB 2221 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 05/06/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to providing information and other services relating to emergency contraception to sexual assault survivors.

HB 2222 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/09/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.

HB 2775 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the manufacture and sale of certain children's products containing bisphenol-A or certain other substances.

HB 2776 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the requirement for commercially reasonable, long-term contracts for renewable energy.

HB 2777 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to the requirement that an applicant for registration of a vehicle provide proof that the vehicle has passed a compulsory vehicle inspection.

HB 2778 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the revision of building energy efficiency performance standards.

HB 2922 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/08/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a registration fee for manufacturers of certain equipment.

HB 2923 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to a prohibition of discrimination by public educational institutions.

HB 2924 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/09/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to the proximity of certain sex offenders' residences to a school.

HB 3054 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 05/05/2009 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of certain refrigerants in motor vehicle air conditioning units.

HB 3318 Author: Farrar | Coleman | Pierson | Naishtat
Last Action: 04/28/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the punishment of certain parents for the murder of the parent's infant.

HB 3319 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/30/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of property owners' associations and the extension of, addition to, or modification of deed restrictions in certain areas.

HB 3320 Author: Farrar | King, Susan | Rose
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the promotion of breast-feeding and the prohibition against interference with or restriction of the right to breast-feed; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3321 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to creation, re-creation, extension, renewal, or modification of or addition to deed restrictions in certain areas.

HB 3985 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 05/06/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the liability of certain social workers who provide volunteer health care services to charitable organizations.

HB 4079 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to a secondary-level English language learners' program for public school students of limited English proficiency.

HB 4080 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to environmental review of toll projects by certain local toll project entities.

HB 4081 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the issuance of flexible permits by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 4082 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to reducing mercury emissions from electric generating facilities; providing for an administrative penalty.

HB 4083 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to controlling emissions of air contaminants under the Texas Clean Air Act; providing for penalties.

HB 4084 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the disposal of certain used equipment at a municipal solid waste facility; creating an offense.

HB 4085 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to monitoring air contaminants under the Texas Clean Air Act.

HB 4086 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency in newly constructed buildings.

HB 4087 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an ultrasound machine registry; providing a civil penalty.

HB 4088 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the rate of the motor vehicle sales and use tax imposed on certain motor vehicles.

HB 4089 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/23/2009 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to motor vehicle emissions inspections for certain salvage vehicles.

HB 4090 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/14/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to electronically recording certain interrogations and the admissibility of certain statements made by a juvenile or a criminal defendant.

HB 4091 Author: Farrar | Flores
Last Action: 05/08/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to bilingual education, English as a second language, and other special language programs and to an intensive reading improvement program for public school students of limited English proficiency.

HB 4092 Author: Farrar | Chavez
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to grants for homeland security and border security purposes.

HB 4093 Author: Farrar | Chavez
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the appointment of the director of the governor's office of homeland security.

HB 4250 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 03/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to requiring Latino and African-American history as part of the social studies curriculum.

HB 4251 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/27/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to claims and liens by certain health care providers.

HB 4302 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 05/06/2009 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of criminal history record information and related information that is obtained by a school district and that relates to an employee of the district.

HR 1438 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Urging the Texas Education Agency to implement the U.S. Department of Education's final regulations, 34 C.F.R. Section 200.19, which describes other academic indicators that may be used to demonstrate adequate yearly progress.

HR 1738 Author: Farrar
Last Action: 05/19/2009 H Reported enrolled: May 19 2009 1:19PM
Caption: Recognizing May 4-8, 2009, as Architecture Week and honoring the Texas Society of Architects.

HR 3107 Author: Farrar | Rios Ybarra | Anchia | Hodge | Harless
Last Action: 06/04/2009 H Reported enrolled: Jun 4 2009 2:00PM
Caption: Recognizing Nicolas Miguel Ramon Gallego as an "unofficial" mascot of the Texas House of Representatives.

Joint Author (30):
HB 278 Author: Anchia | Alvarado | Chavez | Rios Ybarra | Farrar
Last Action: 04/02/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to energy demand and incentives for distributed renewable generation.

HB 280 Author: Anchia | Farrar | Burnam | Kent
Last Action: 05/14/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency goals and programs and demand reduction targets; creating an office of energy efficiency deployment in the state energy conservation office.

HB 353 Author: Rodriguez | Cohen | Farrar
Last Action: 02/17/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to certain health care rights of domestic partners.

HB 721 Author: Howard, Donna | Moody | Naishtat | Farrar
Last Action: 04/29/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to permitting procedures of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for control of air pollution.

HB 741 Author: Castro | Strama | Villarreal | Farrar | Allen
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to health education curriculum and instruction in public schools.

HB 776 Author: Strama | Kent | Farrar
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the implementation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of a low-emission vehicle program.

HB 891 Author: Villarreal | Farrar
Last Action: 02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the capacity of certain minors to consent to examination or medical treatment related to contraception.

HB 892 Author: Villarreal | Naishtat | Farrar | Strama
Last Action: 04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the Women's Health Program.

HB 893 Author: Villarreal | Farrar
Last Action: 02/23/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to the expansion of services provided under the child health plan program for certain adolescents.

HB 978 Author: Burnam | Lucio III | Naishtat | Farrar
Sponsor: Watson
Last Action: 06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
Caption: Relating to the employment rights of certain individuals with disabilities.

HB 1371 Author: Rodriguez | Farrar
Last Action: 03/02/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to prohibiting accepting federal funding for abstinence-only education.

HB 1553 Author: Burnam | Farrar
Last Action: 04/21/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the development of a climate adaptation plan by certain entities.

HB 1567 Author: Villarreal | Farrar
Last Action: 03/31/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to abstinence education in public schools.

HB 2355 Author: Kent | Farrar | Veasey | Hodge | Truitt
Last Action: 04/15/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the purchase of cement or cement products by certain governmental entities.

HB 2495 Author: Dunnam | Farrar
Last Action: 03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the consideration of the cumulative effects of emissions from proposed facilities in actions by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on applications for certain air contaminant emissions permits or permit amendments.

HB 2592 Author: Thompson | Farrar
Last Action: 03/12/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to alternatives to abortion organizations; imposing a civil penalty.

HB 2623 Author: Deshotel | Burnam | Farrar | Guillen
Last Action: 04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.

HB 2659 Author: Villarreal | Farrar
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to an outreach campaign to promote fathers' involvement with their children before birth.

HB 2968 Author: Coleman | Cohen | Farrar
Last Action: 03/17/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to voluntary and informed consent for an abortion.

HB 2973 Author: Coleman | Farrar | Miklos | Moody
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the insanity defense in a criminal case.

HB 3026 Author: Coleman | Farrar
Last Action: 03/30/2009 H Subcommittee members named
Caption: Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.

HB 3362 Author: Villarreal | Farrar | Menendez
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to a managed care pilot program to prevent high-risk pregnancies that result in the birth of premature or low birth weight infants.

HB 3363 Author: Villarreal | Farrar | Menendez
Last Action: 03/18/2009 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to a Medicaid managed care pilot program to prevent high-risk pregnancies that result in the birth of premature or low birth weight infants.

HB 3582 Author: Dunnam | Farrar
Last Action: 05/11/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation of a publicly accessible electronic emissions database.

HB 3705 Author: Coleman | Thompson | Farrar | Bohac | Dutton
Last Action: 05/08/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to work performed in sports and community venue districts in certain municipalities.

HB 3707 Author: Coleman | Farrar | Ortiz, Jr. | Naishtat
Last Action: 04/16/2009 H Considered by s/c in work session
Caption: Relating to county-regulated disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases for certain counties.

HB 4023 Author: Villarreal | Farrar
Last Action: 04/30/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a study and report on the feasibility of providing services and benefits under federally funded public benefit programs to encourage fathers' involvement beginning during pregnancy.

HB 4346 Author: Chisum | Farrar
Last Action: 04/22/2009 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption: Relating to "no regrets" greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies.

HB 4581 Author: Hochberg | Edwards | Farrar
Last Action: 05/04/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the use of advanced technologies by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for measuring and monitoring air pollution.

HJR 82 Author: McClendon | Farrar
Last Action: 03/11/2009 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a high-speed passenger rail facility.

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