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Texas Legislature Bills Coauthored Rep. Norma Chavez 81st Legislature Regular Session Report Date: 4/20/2024
Number of Bills: 56

HB 5	Author:	Crownover \| McCall \| Sheffield \| Alvarado
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Anchia \| Berman \| Bolton \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/08/2009 H Reported favorably as substituted
	Caption:	Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

HB 6	Author:	Eiland \| Turner, Sylvester
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Bohac \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to appropriations for damages and disruptions suffered by state agencies and institutions of higher education caused by natural disasters and to an appropriation for disaster relief generally.

HB 67	Author:	Lucio III \| Jackson, Jim \| Martinez, "Mando" \| Edwards \| Herrero
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alvarado \| Bolton \| Chavez \| Farias \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/01/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to a medical assistance buy-in program for children with certain developmental disabilities.

HB 130	Author:	Patrick \| Eissler \| Anchia \| Pitts \| Thompson
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Aycock \| Berman \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Zaffirini
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Vetoed by the Governor
	Caption:	Relating to an enhanced quality full-day prekindergarten program provided by public school districts in conjunction with community providers.

HB 235	Author:	Rodriguez \| Walle \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Burnam \| Chavez
	Last Action:	05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to the collection of recyclable material from buildings under the jurisdiction of the State Preservation Board.

HB 269	Author:	Lucio III \| Marquez \| Rios Ybarra \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Sponsor:	Van de Putte
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to course credit for certain students at a public institution of higher education.

HB 325	Author:	Raymond \| Alvarado \| Swinford
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Last Action:	04/20/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.

HB 327	Author:	Raymond
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Last Action:	02/17/2009 H Referred to Public Education
	Caption:	Relating to a grant program for after-school child-care programs provided by school districts.

HB 469	Author:	King, Phil \| Anchia \| Hughes \| Lewis \| Strama
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Aycock \| Berman \| Branch \| Brown, Betty \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Seliger
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of incentives by this state for the implementation of certain projects to capture and sequester carbon dioxide that would otherwise be emitted into the atmosphere.

HB 498	Author:	McClendon \| Thompson \| Gallego \| Hodge \| Pierson
	Coauthor:	Alvarado \| Burnam \| Chavez \| Gutierrez \| Kent \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Ellis
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of an advisory panel to assist with a study regarding the prevention of wrongful convictions.

HB 503	Author:	Geren \| Sheffield \| Aycock \| King, Susan \| Strama
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Maldonado \| Moody \| Pickett \| Truitt \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/11/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to adoption of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.

HB 528	Author:	Vaught \| Pierson \| Parker \| Anchia \| Gattis
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Burnam \| Chavez \| Cohen \| Creighton \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/08/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle and to fines for the offense.

HB 533	Author:	Anchia \| Hughes \| Lucio III \| Alvarado \| Weber
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Naishtat
	Sponsor:	Van de Putte
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to civil liability for the trafficking of persons.

HB 576	Author:	Sheffield \| Gattis \| Laubenberg \| Edwards \| Crownover
	Coauthor:	Aycock \| Berman \| Button \| Chavez \| Eissler \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/06/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
	Caption:	Relating to the electronic distribution of information to legislators by state agencies.

HB 639	Author:	Thompson \| Anchia \| Burnam \| Naishtat \| Christian
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Chavez \| Jackson, Jim \| Laubenberg \| Leibowitz \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/24/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.

HB 670	Author:	Martinez Fischer \| Pitts \| Gallego \| Berman \| Lucio III
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Bolton \| Branch \| Burnam \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Ellis
	Last Action:	05/13/2009 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

HB 742	Author:	Flores \| Smith, Wayne \| McReynolds \| Corte \| Smithee
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Aycock \| Berman \| Bohac \| Bonnen \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/13/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans and to the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled based on disability rating.

HB 785	Author:	Rodriguez \| Naishtat \| Herrero \| Hughes \| Davis, John
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Walle
	Last Action:	05/02/2009 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to employment services for persons with disabilities.

HB 795	Author:	Chisum \| Cohen \| Naishtat \| Thompson \| Branch
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alvarado \| Berman \| Bohac \| Button \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/27/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

HB 828	Author:	Hochberg \| Rose \| Maldonado
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Last Action:	03/24/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to a grant available to school districts to provide services to students with disabilities.

HB 873	Author:	Dukes \| Pitts \| McCall \| Cook \| Homer
	Coauthor:	Alvarado \| Anchia \| Anderson \| Branch \| Brown, Fred \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Deuell
	Last Action:	04/23/2009 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.

HB 1146	Author:	Anchia \| Davis, Yvonne \| Miklos \| Kent \| Mallory Caraway
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Leibowitz
	Sponsor:	West
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective immediately
	Caption:	Relating to the hours worked during a week by firefighters in certain municipalities.

HB 1216	Author:	Brown, Fred \| Quintanilla \| Callegari \| Deshotel \| Darby
	Coauthor:	Brown, Betty \| Button \| Chavez \| Davis, John \| Driver \| et al.
	Last Action:	02/26/2009 H Referred to Public Education
	Caption:	Relating to curriculum requirements for the recommended and advanced public high school programs.

HB 1277	Author:	Button \| Cook \| Pitts \| Deshotel \| Giddings
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Brown, Fred \| Chavez \| Driver \| England \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Deuell
	Last Action:	05/25/2009 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 25 2009 8:03PM
	Caption:	Relating to the Texas Enterprise Fund, including the use of money from the fund, the terms of a grant agreement, and the duties of a grant recipient or entity that acquires a grant recipient.

HB 1299	Author:	Turner, Chris \| Ortiz, Jr. \| Lucio III
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Chavez \| Cohen \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/19/2009 S Referred to State Affairs
	Caption:	Relating to the fund for veterans' assistance and the creation of a lottery game to benefit the fund.

HB 1303	Author:	Menendez \| Homer \| Geren \| Gattis \| Pitts
	Coauthor:	Bohac \| Bonnen \| Chavez \| Edwards \| Flores \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/04/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to continued health insurance coverage for eligible survivors of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.

HB 1323	Author:	Strama \| Gonzales \| Anchia \| Lucio III \| Pierson
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Bolton \| Brown, Fred \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to bullying and harassment in public schools.

HB 1483	Author:	Pitts \| Kuempel \| Geren \| Homer \| Callegari
	Coauthor:	Anderson \| Berman \| Bohac \| Button \| Chavez \| et al.
	Last Action:	03/25/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.

HB 1489	Author:	Thompson
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Olivo
	Last Action:	04/28/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the practice of nursing; providing civil penalties.

HB 1490	Author:	Driver \| Menendez \| Guillen \| Leibowitz
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Miller, Sid \| Veasey
	Last Action:	05/06/2009 H Laid on the table subject to call
	Caption:	Relating to injury leave and related benefits for certain state peace officers injured in the course of performance of duty.

HB 1715	Author:	Gonzalez Toureilles \| Homer \| Keffer \| McReynolds \| Swinford
	Coauthor:	Aycock \| Brown, Betty \| Chavez \| Chisum \| Farabee \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/17/2009 H Considered in Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of the Texas Rural Development Fund and to the establishment, operation, and funding of certain programs for rural economic development.

HB 1801	Author:	Bohac \| Martinez Fischer \| Castro \| Patrick \| Oliveira
	Coauthor:	Aycock \| Branch \| Brown, Betty \| Brown, Fred \| Burnam \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Shapiro
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
	Caption:	Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for a limited period for certain backpacks and school supplies specified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement.

HB 1835	Author:	Davis, Yvonne \| Martinez Fischer \| Deshotel \| Hodge \| Gonzales
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Bolton \| Burnam \| Chavez \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to the provision of commercial mobile service to customers.

HB 1876	Author:	Chisum \| Raymond \| Davis, John \| Gonzales \| Hopson
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Berman \| Brown, Betty \| Brown, Fred \| Chavez \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to creating the health care access fund to recruit health care providers in health professional shortage areas and to support federally-qualified health centers and to using for those purposes revenue from a tax imposed on certain tobacco products.

HB 1948	Author:	Rios Ybarra \| Anderson \| Gonzales \| Hunter \| Martinez, "Mando"
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Aycock \| Bolton \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/08/2009 H Placed on General State Calendar
	Caption:	Relating to a public health extension service pilot program.

HB 1953	Author:	Davis, Yvonne \| Deshotel \| Hodge \| Gonzales \| Eiland
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Bolton \| Burnam \| Chavez \| Coleman \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/01/2009 H Left pending in subcommittee
	Caption:	Relating to the provision of video programming service to consumers.

HB 1954	Author:	Davis, Yvonne \| Deshotel \| Hodge \| Gonzales \| Eiland
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Bolton \| Burnam \| Chavez \| Coleman \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to the provision of Internet service to consumers.

HB 2037	Author:	Howard, Donna \| Anchia \| Branch \| Eissler \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Leibowitz
	Last Action:	05/04/2009 S Referred to Education
	Caption:	Relating to the creation of the Permanent School Fund Management Council to manage the permanent school fund; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2084	Author:	King, Phil \| Hughes \| Anderson \| Isett \| Flynn
	Coauthor:	Berman \| Brown, Fred \| Chavez \| Christian \| Crownover \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/02/2009 H Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to a suit for access to a child by a grandparent.

HB 2118	Author:	Olivo \| Gonzales \| Naishtat \| Turner, Sylvester \| Corte
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Burnam \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Van de Putte
	Last Action:	05/21/2009 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
	Caption:	Relating to the designation of May 9 as Willie Velasquez Day.

HB 2279	Author:	Thompson
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Last Action:	05/14/2009 H Postponed
	Caption:	Relating to the provision of and billing for certain diagnostic imaging services.

HB 2328	Author:	Guillen \| Moody \| Riddle \| Leibowitz \| Marquez
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Sponsor:	Carona
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
	Caption:	Relating to the punishment for certain fraud offenses committed against elderly individuals.

HB 2408	Author:	Farias
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Last Action:	03/25/2009 H Subcommittee members named
	Caption:	Relating to the extension of consumer credit to certain members of the Texas National Guard and armed forces of the United States and their dependents; providing a penalty.

HB 2589	Author:	Pickett \| McClendon \| Harper-Brown
	Coauthor:	Brown, Betty \| Chavez \| Morrison
	Last Action:	04/22/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to transportation planning and funding allocations.

HB 2623	Author:	Deshotel \| Burnam \| Farrar \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Alvarado \| Anchia \| Chavez \| Edwards \| Gonzales \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/17/2009 H Committee report sent to Calendars
	Caption:	Relating to unemployment compensation modernization.

HB 2962	Author:	Coleman \| Dukes \| Zerwas \| Davis, John \| Naishtat
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Bolton \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/19/2009 S Referred to Finance
	Caption:	Relating to the administration and funding of and eligibility for the child health plan, medical assistance, and other programs.

HB 3325	Author:	Hughes \| Lucio III \| Cook \| Rodriguez \| Harless
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Anderson \| Berman \| Bohac \| Bonnen \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/14/2009 H Left pending in committee
	Caption:	Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.

HB 3452	Author:	Gattis \| Isett \| Veasey \| Truitt \| Lucio III
	Coauthor:	Brown, Fred \| Chavez \| Edwards \| Eissler \| Flynn \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Ogden
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
	Caption:	Relating to the establishment of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship.

HB 3646	Author:	Hochberg \| Eissler \| Aycock \| Pitts \| Patrick
	Coauthor:	Chavez \| Edwards \| Flores \| Guillen \| Gutierrez \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Shapiro
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E See remarks for effective date
	Caption:	Relating to public school finance and programs.

HB 3859	Author:	Herrero \| Marquez \| Guillen
	Coauthor:	Chavez
	Sponsor:	Deuell
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
	Caption:	Relating to a staffing analysis of the Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) and benefits eligibility determination processes.

HB 4009	Author:	Weber \| Anchia \| Thompson \| Naishtat \| Alvarado
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Anderson \| Aycock \| Berman \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Van de Putte
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Effective on 9/1/09
	Caption:	Relating to the provision of services to certain persons involved in, and the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of, offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, and to law enforcement training related to offenses involving that trafficking.

HCR 54	Author:	Truitt \| Leibowitz \| Crabb \| Hopson \| Woolley
	Coauthor:	Castro \| Chavez \| Corte \| Farias \| Gutierrez \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/21/2009 S Referred to Economic Development
	Caption:	Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation facilitating a technology-based solution that allows consumers to subscribe to Internet services that exclude adult content.

HCR 139	Author:	Flores \| Gonzalez Toureilles \| Martinez, "Mando" \| Leibowitz
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Anchia \| Burnam \| Castro \| Chavez \| et al.
	Last Action:	05/21/2009 S Referred to Administration
	Caption:	Directing the State Preservation Board to amend its rules to allow the statue in honor of Tejanos to be placed on the south lawn of the Capitol.

HCR 226	Author:	Truitt
	Coauthor:	Castro \| Chavez \| Corte \| Farias \| Gutierrez \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Shapleigh
	Last Action:	06/19/2009 E Signed by the Governor
	Caption:	Commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Lucchese Boot Company.

HJR 39	Author:	Allen \| Turner, Sylvester \| Giddings \| Bohac \| Thompson
	Coauthor:	Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Anderson \| Aycock \| et al.
	Sponsor:	Ellis
	Last Action:	05/26/2009 E Filed with the Secretary of State
	Caption:	Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

HR 1383	Author:	Dunnam \| Coleman \| Moody
	Coauthor:	Allen \| Alonzo \| Alvarado \| Anchia \| Bolton \| et al.
	Last Action:	04/24/2009 H Referred to State Affairs
	Caption:	Reaffirming the pride of all Texans in our one and indivisible National Union and State.

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