Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Brian Birdwell
82nd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/19/2024

Number of Bills: 13

SB 16 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Nelson | Estes | Hegar | Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 04/29/2011 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to informed consent to an abortion.

SB 165 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 03/28/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as a part of the sunset review process.

SB 202 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 04/28/2011 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption: Relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to legislative review of those benchmarks.

SB 257 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Nichols | Birdwell | Patrick | Nelson
Sponsor: Phillips | Schwertner | Chisum | Paxton
Last Action: 05/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.

SB 444 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Birdwell
Last Action: 02/02/2011 S Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to eliminating the set-aside of a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance at public institutions of higher education.

SB 515 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell
Last Action: 02/17/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Relating to required individual health insurance coverage.

SB 766 Author: Estes
Coauthor: Birdwell | Deuell | Nichols
Sponsor: Isaac
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to the liability of a sport shooting range and the regulation of firearms, ammunition, firearm supplies, and sport shooting ranges.

SB 945 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Birdwell | Hinojosa | Huffman | Zaffirini | West | et al.
Sponsor: Branch
Last Action: 05/22/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a four-year public institution of higher education who previously attended the lower-division institution.

SB 1081 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Birdwell
Sponsor: Zerwas
Last Action: 05/22/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the dispensing of pharmaceuticals with an aesthetic purpose by physicians and therapeutic optometrists.

SB 1692 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Birdwell
Sponsor: Alvarado
Last Action: 06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption: Relating to municipal and county budgets on the Internet.

SB 1724 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Birdwell
Last Action: 05/19/2011 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption: Relating to conditions on the receipt of tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education.

SCR 37 Author: Hinojosa
Coauthor: Birdwell | Davis | Harris
Last Action: 05/02/2011 H Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Caption: Designating August 7 as Purple Heart Day for a 10-year period beginning in 2011.

SJR 12 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Carona | Birdwell | Nelson | Harris
Last Action: 05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.

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