Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Sylvester Turner
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 3/28/2024

Number of Bills: 49

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (38):
HB 363 Author: Turner
Last Action: 02/16/2011 H Referred to Urban Affairs
Caption: Relating to urban renewal authority of municipalities.

HB 364 Author: Turner
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to condominiums in certain municipalities, including the exercise of eminent domain authority by those municipalities with respect to certain condominiums.

HB 365 Author: Turner | Bohac
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/19/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the use of eminent domain authority by certain municipalities to take abandoned multi-family rental buildings.

HB 387 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/21/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the right of an employee who is a parent of a child enrolled in a special education program to time off from work to meet with certain persons affecting the education of the child.

HB 440 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/19/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of a peace officer to take a blood specimen from a vehicle operator to test for alcohol concentration or other intoxicating substances.

HB 519 Author: Turner | Miles
Last Action: 05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to financing programs for low-income electric customers and certain other electric customers.

HB 540 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/13/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the allocation of the value of certain federal allowances for carbon dioxide emissions granted to certain electric or gas utilities.

HB 694 Author: Turner
Last Action: 02/21/2011 H Referred to Corrections
Caption: Relating to the release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of certain inmates who complete a rehabilitation program.

HB 960 Author: Turner
Sponsor: Whitmire
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the powers of the Central Harris County Regional Water Authority.

HB 961 Author: Turner
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the sealing of and restricting access to juvenile records of adjudications of delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for supervision and to the confidentiality of records of certain misdemeanor convictions of a child.

HB 1006 Author: Turner | Hochberg | Miles
Last Action: 04/06/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the requirement that electric utilities offer a standard retail service package on a standard form with standard terms to a customer.

HB 1141 Author: Turner
Last Action: 02/28/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the permitting of certain small commercial development sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems as on-site sewage disposal systems.

HB 1142 Author: Turner
Last Action: 02/28/2011 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption: Relating to regulation of fire protection sprinkler technicians.

HB 1204 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/24/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the removal of certain restrictions on the ability to switch retail electric providers.

HB 1205 Author: Turner | Allen | Aliseda | Rodriguez, Eddie | Gallego
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the procedures for reducing or terminating community supervision and the establishment of certain time credits through which a defendant's period of community supervision is reduced.

HB 1590 Author: Turner | Harless
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a suspension of the imposition of certain fees under certain conditions.

HB 1591 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to reporting regarding state fees by the comptroller and in the general appropriations bill.

HB 1985 Author: Turner
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/09/2011 S Referred to Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the collection of criminal and civil court costs, fees, and fines by a municipality or county and to notice to the Department of Public Safety regarding payment of an administrative fee by certain persons denied renewal of a driver's license.

HB 1986 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/07/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the authority of the Public Utility Commission of Texas to ensure the Electric Reliability Council of Texas has adequate reserve power to prevent blackout conditions.

HB 2143 Author: Turner
Last Action: 05/04/2011 H Meeting cancelled
Caption: Relating to the conditions of community service of certain offenders and the reentry and reintegration of offenders released or discharged from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 2709 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/29/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to energy and efficiency conservation programs administered by the Texas Public Utility Commission.

HB 2710 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to cable attachments to electric facilities of electric cooperatives.

HB 2715 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/16/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the continuation of and powers and duties of the Office of Public Utility Counsel to represent residential and small commercial utility consumers.

HB 3325 Author: Turner
Last Action: 05/11/2011 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Caption: Relating to the payment of certain costs associated with certain educational programs of Prairie View A&M University.

HB 3349 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2011 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety
Caption: Relating to the extension of a declaration of a local disaster.

HB 3350 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2011 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the maximum age of commitment of certain juveniles to the Texas Youth Commission.

HB 3351 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/20/2011 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption: Relating to delinquent conduct for which a juvenile may be certified to stand trial as an adult in a criminal case.

HB 3612 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/23/2011 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the administration of the Texas Save and Match Program to assist qualifying beneficiaries under the state's prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans and to the treatment of a beneficiary's assets under prepaid tuition plans and college savings plans in determining eligibility for student financial assistance and other assistance programs.

HB 3646 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/23/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Legislative Budget Board, including the receipt of reports by the board.

HB 3647 Author: Turner
Sponsor: Ogden
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.

HB 3699 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/23/2011 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption: Relating to the disposal of nonparty compact low-level radioactive waste at the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact waste disposal facility.

HB 3720 Author: Turner
Last Action: 04/07/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the transfer of housing funds from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to the Texas Veterans Commission.

HR 238 Author: Turner | Davis, Yvonne
Last Action: 02/09/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 9 2011 8:00AM
Caption: Recognizing February 8, 2011, as Senior Day at the Capitol.

HR 382 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/16/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2011 11:00AM
Caption: Recognizing March 3, 2011, as Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education Day.

HR 625 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/03/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 3 2011 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring actress Loretta Devine and commemorating the presentation of a scholarship in her name at the 2011 African American Legislative Summit to be held in Austin.

HR 626 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/03/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 3 2011 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring Debra Lee on the occasion of her keynote address at the Scholarship Banquet at the 2011 African American Leadership Summit.

HR 627 Author: Turner
Last Action: 03/03/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 3 2011 7:50AM
Caption: Honoring journalist Roland Martin for his participation in the African American Legislative Summit in Austin on February 28 and March 1, 2011.

HR 2579 Author: Turner
Last Action: 06/03/2011 H Reported enrolled: Jun 3 2011 9:40AM
Caption: Commemorating the one-year anniversary of the unveiling of the African American Legislators Monument at the Texas State Cemetery.

Joint Author (11):
HB 233 Author: Hochberg | Huberty | Hardcastle | Turner | Villarreal
Last Action: 03/01/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to requirements for students to be assessed in certain subjects and in certain grades.

HB 661 Author: Rodriguez, Eddie | Kolkhorst | Walle | Turner | Harless
Last Action: 03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of activities with respect to certain extensions of consumer credit.

HB 1753 Author: Gallego | Hilderbran | Geren | Turner
Sponsor: Uresti
Last Action: 05/27/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the threshold amount at which public utilities are required to report a transaction.

HB 2115 Author: Coleman | Woolley | Turner | Callegari | Bonnen
Last Action: 03/23/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from the national research university fund.

HB 2322 Author: Garza | Riddle | Weber | Pena | Turner
Last Action: 05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to equal opportunity for access by private and parochial school students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities.

HB 2906 Author: Branch | Turner
Last Action: 03/17/2011 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to the amount of a tuition equalization grant.

HB 3213 Author: Burnam | Turner
Last Action: 03/18/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to certain fees charged by retail electric providers and aggregators.

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.

HJR 88 Author: Elkins | Turner
Last Action: 04/29/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative review of the process of rulemaking by agencies in the executive department.

HR 786 Author: Murphy | Patrick, Diane | Turner | Vo | Lucio III
Last Action: 03/21/2011 H Reported enrolled: Mar 21 2011 10:32AM
Caption: Commemorating St. Patrick's Day and honoring the contributions that individuals of Irish descent have made to the State of Texas.

HR 1656 Author: Dutton | Turner | Giddings
Last Action: 05/03/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 3 2011 7:45AM
Caption: In memory of Porter Renfro, Jr., of Houston.

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