Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Byron Cook
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/24/2024

Number of Bills: 44

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (23):
HB 11 Author: Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.

HB 87 Author: Cook
Last Action: 02/09/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; providing penalties.

HB 88 Author: Cook
Last Action: 02/09/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.

HB 89 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/09/2011 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to a drug donation program.

HB 90 Author: Cook
Sponsor: Birdwell
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the issuance and suspension of a hardship driver's license.

HB 91 Author: Cook
Sponsor: Birdwell
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the extent of extraterritorial jurisdiction for certain municipalities.

HB 92 Author: Cook | Pitts
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties.

HB 93 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/09/2011 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for certain uses of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle; providing penalties.

HB 94 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/01/2011 H Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to the applicability of regulations on the purchase of ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate material by certain purchasers.

HB 317 Author: Cook
Last Action: 11/18/2010 H Filed
Caption: Relating to the authority of a county to regulate land use after a local option election.

HB 389 Author: Cook
Last Action: 02/16/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the purchase of plastic bulk merchandise containers by certain businesses; providing a civil penalty.

HB 755 Author: Cook
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 05/21/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to eligibility of certain dependents for coverage under the state employee group benefits program.

HB 1156 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/01/2011 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption: Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales.

HB 1807 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/10/2011 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to allowing a county to access state highway right-of-way to remove trash and other debris from the right-of-way.

HB 1808 Author: Cook
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 05/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board.

HB 2308 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Forest Service.

HB 2499 Author: Cook
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Department of Information Resources and the transfer of certain department functions to the comptroller of public accounts.

HB 2949 Author: Cook
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the administration of the collection improvement program.

HB 3755 Author: Cook
Last Action: 04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to management of certain metropolitan rapid transit authorities.

HR 16 Author: Cook
Last Action: 03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM
Caption: Recognizing March 10, 2011, as Corsicana/Navarro County Day at the State Capitol.

HR 1005 Author: Cook
Last Action: 04/15/2011 H Reported enrolled: Apr 15 2011 11:00AM
Caption: Congratulating Joe B. Cannon on his receipt of the 2010 Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation.

HR 2571 Author: Cook
Last Action: 05/29/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 29 2011 6:25PM
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2499.

HR 2685 Author: Cook
Last Action: 05/28/2011 H Filed
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 90.

Joint Author (21):
HB 51 Author: Lucio III | Cook
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to energy efficiency standards for certain buildings and to high-performance design, construction, and renovation standards for certain buildings and facilities of institutions of higher education.

HB 201 Author: Morrison | Fletcher | Harless | Weber | Cook
Last Action: 02/23/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

HB 243 Author: Craddick | Martinez Fischer | Brown | Cook | Menendez
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 05/16/2011 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for certain uses of a wireless communication device while operating a motor vehicle.

HB 325 Author: Smith, Todd | Cook | Patrick, Diane | Quintanilla | Truitt
Last Action: 02/15/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to providing access to an ultrasound before an abortion.

HB 561 Author: Christian | Huberty | Craddick | Hilderbran | Cook
Last Action: 05/04/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to a hospital district's use of tax revenue to finance the performance of an abortion.

HB 888 Author: Guillen | Huberty | Cook | Alvarado | Harless
Last Action: 04/11/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to historically underutilized businesses owned by disabled veterans for purposes of state contracting.

HB 988 Author: Kolkhorst | Cook | Darby
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to compensatory time accrued by a correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 1064 Author: Pitts | Cook | Shelton | Anderson, Charles "Doc"
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 05/28/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to exempting certain customers from certain demand charges by transmission and distribution utilities.

HB 1078 Author: King, Phil | Kolkhorst | Cook | Flynn
Last Action: 04/14/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the appointment of a guardian ad litem and attorney for a minor in an application for a court order authorizing the minor to consent to an abortion.

HB 1268 Author: Murphy | Allen | Eissler | Patrick, Diane | Cook
Last Action: 05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the computation of public high school grade point averages.

HB 1557 Author: Reynolds | Cook
Last Action: 03/03/2011 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.

HB 1689 Author: Brown | Pitts | Raymond | Cook
Last Action: 05/13/2011 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption: Relating to the monitoring and enhancement of health and human services information technology.

HB 1816 Author: Howard, Charlie | Reynolds | Cook
Last Action: 05/05/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the vaccination against bacterial meningitis of first-time students at public and private or independent institutions of higher education.

HB 1915 Author: Madden | Bonnen | Cook | McClendon | Cain
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to abolishing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and transferring the powers and duties of those agencies to the newly created Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the functions of the independent ombudsman that serves the department.

HB 1933 Author: Smith, Wayne | Cook | Dutton
Last Action: 04/28/2011 S Received from the House
Caption: Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities; providing penalties.

HB 1966 Author: Chisum | Eissler | Cook | Naishtat | Branch
Last Action: 03/30/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.

HB 2293 Author: Hunter | Margo | Cook | Guillen | Woolley
Last Action: 05/09/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the regulation of motor vehicle dealers, manufacturers, distributors, and representatives.

HB 2373 Author: Gallego | Callegari | Oliveira | Cook
Last Action: 05/06/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to control over state facilities and to the abolition of the Texas Facilities Commission and the transfer of its duties to the General Land Office.

HB 3586 Author: Taylor, Van | Pitts | Turner | Coleman | Cook
Last Action: 04/20/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to unit operations for oil, gas, or oil and gas production or carbon dioxide storage.

HCR 68 Author: Hunter | Thompson | Martinez Fischer | Cook | Jackson, Jim
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study human trafficking in Texas.

HR 1373 Author: Brown | Workman | Cook | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Otto
Last Action: 04/19/2011 H Referred to Rules & Resolutions
Caption: Congratulating the Texas A&M University women's basketball team on winning the NCAA Division I national championship.

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