Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Byron Cook
83rd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/18/2024

Number of Bills: 35

HB 4 Author: Ritter | Price | Johnson | Miller, Doug | Lucio III
Coauthor: Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson | Ashby | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 05/28/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the administration of the Texas Water Development Board and the funding of water projects by the board and other entities; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds.

HB 5 Author: Aycock | Deshotel | Davis, John | Villarreal | Callegari
Coauthor: Allen | Alvarado | Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 06/10/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to public school accountability, including assessment, and curriculum requirements; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 8 Author: Thompson, Senfronia | Hunter | Muñoz, Jr. | Burkett | Gonzalez, Naomi
Coauthor: Bonnen, Greg | Carter | Cook | Dale | Goldman | et al.
Sponsor: Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of offenses related to trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of trafficking of persons.

HB 11 Author: Ritter | Larson | King, Phil | Pitts | Creighton
Coauthor: Callegari | Canales | Clardy | Collier | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 04/29/2013 H Returned to committee
Caption: Relating to the appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to finance certain water-related projects.

HB 44 Author: Flynn | Bonnen, Dennis | King, Phil
Coauthor: Bonnen, Greg | Capriglione | Cook | Huberty | Laubenberg | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a moratorium on administering assessment instruments to public school students under the public school accountability system.

HB 45 Author: Flynn | Moody | Dale | Sheffield, Ralph | King, Phil
Coauthor: Bonnen, Greg | Burkett | Cook | Cortez | Frullo | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2013 S Referred to Vet Affairs & Military Installations
Caption: Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military and the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.

HB 49 Author: Flynn | Toth | Zedler | Sheffield, Ralph
Coauthor: Cook | Miller, Rick | Sanford
Last Action: 02/04/2013 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to inclusion of a course on the United States Constitution in the curriculum requirements for public high school students.

HB 72 Author: Fletcher | Bonnen, Dennis | Moody | King, Phil | Naishtat
Coauthor: Cook | Fallon | Geren | Harless | Herrero | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the penalty for the offense of leaving the scene of an accident that involves personal injury or death.

HB 78 Author: Simpson | Hilderbran | Thompson, Senfronia | Lucio III | Canales
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson | Ashby | et al.
Sponsor: Eltife
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption: Relating to the exemption from the sales and use tax for certain coins and precious metals.

HB 166 Author: McClendon | Moody | Canales | Crownover | Leach
Coauthor: Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/15/2013 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions.

HB 220 Author: Price | Herrero | Geren | Thompson, Senfronia | Moody
Coauthor: Ashby | Clardy | Cook | Cortez | Darby | et al.
Sponsor: Huffman
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption: Relating to consecutive sentences for certain offenses involving injury to a child, an elderly individual, or a disabled individual and arising out of the same criminal episode.

HB 487 Author: Bell | Clardy | Otto | Guerra | Flynn
Coauthor: Ashby | Branch | Callegari | Capriglione | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Nichols
Last Action: 05/24/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to liability of certain persons assisting in man-made or natural disasters.

HB 500 Author: Hilderbran | Thompson, Senfronia | Creighton | Button | Turner, Scott
Coauthor: Anderson | Bell | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the computation of the franchise tax, including certain exclusions from the tax.

HB 553 Author: Otto | Aycock | Pitts | Darby | Keffer
Coauthor: Anderson | Ashby | Bell | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Last Action: 03/13/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to firearms and the preservation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution; providing penalties.

HB 698 Author: Springer | Hughes | Flynn
Coauthor: Cook | Darby | Geren | Huberty | King, Ken | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption: Relating to certain procedures for submitting legible and classifiable fingerprints with an application for a license to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 700 Author: Lavender | Paddie | White | Larson | Burkett
Coauthor: Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Capriglione | Cook | Fallon | et al.
Last Action: 03/14/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the authority of a person who is licensed to carry a handgun to openly carry the handgun; providing penalties.

HB 767 Author: King, Phil | Phillips | Flynn | Fletcher
Coauthor: Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Cook
Last Action: 04/29/2013 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to preventing the fraudulent issuance and use of disabled parking placards; providing a civil penalty.

HB 800 Author: Murphy | Alvarado | Hilderbran | Button | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor: Anderson | Ashby | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 1/1/14
Caption: Relating to a sales and use tax exemption and a franchise tax credit related to certain research and development activities.

HB 898 Author: Creighton | White | Ashby
Coauthor: Cook | Kuempel
Last Action: 05/01/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to standards for power lines.

HB 1304 Author: Sheets | Fletcher | Fallon | Paddie | Isaac
Coauthor: Anderson | Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | Burkett | Carter | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the intentional display of a handgun.

HB 1314 Author: Creighton | Price | Fletcher | Branch
Coauthor: Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Callegari | Cook | Elkins | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick
Last Action: 05/21/2013 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the unlawful seizure of a firearm by a governmental officer or employee; providing penalties.

HB 1383 Author: Keffer | Ratliff | Howard | Alonzo | King, Susan
Coauthor: Allen | Anchia | Anderson | Ashby | Bohac | et al.
Last Action: 04/29/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the state contribution for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

HB 1531 Author: King, Ken | Hilderbran
Coauthor: Ashby | Bonnen, Dennis | Capriglione | Clardy | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 03/21/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the application of certain weapons laws to certain emergency services personnel licensed to carry a concealed handgun.

HB 1608 Author: Hughes | Kolkhorst | Stickland | Burnam | Thompson, Senfronia
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anderson | Ashby | Bell | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to warrants or orders issued to obtain location information from wireless communications devices and to public access to law enforcement or prosecutor requests for certain related location or communication information.

HB 1756 Author: Stephenson
Coauthor: Cook
Last Action: 04/30/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the peer review program for certified public accountants and certified public accountancy firms.

HB 1757 Author: Stephenson
Coauthor: Cook
Last Action: 03/04/2013 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption: Relating to the composition of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

HB 2693 Author: Sheets | Sheffield, Ralph | Eiland | Smithee | Anderson
Coauthor: Carter | Cook | Creighton | Fallon | Farney | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to voluntary registration and regulation of roofing contractors; providing criminal penalties; authorizing a fee.

HB 3006 Author: Bonnen, Dennis | Smithee | Ritter
Coauthor: Anderson | Ashby | Aycock | Bohac | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Last Action: 04/09/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use of assets of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association.

HB 3271 Author: White
Coauthor: Cook
Last Action: 03/19/2013 H Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety
Caption: Relating to a license to carry a concealed handgun for certain employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; authorizing a fee.

HB 3572 Author: Hilderbran | Eiland | Otto | Bohac | Alvarado
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anderson | Burkett | Carter | Cook | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 1/1/14
Caption: Relating to the administration, collection, and enforcement of taxes on mixed beverages; imposing a tax on sales of mixed beverages; decreasing the rate of the current tax on mixed beverages.

HCR 50 Author: Creighton | Callegari | King, Susan | Price | White
Coauthor: Bonnen, Dennis | Cook | Elkins | Flynn | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action: 05/04/2013 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

HCR 63 Author: Sanford | Krause | Miller, Rick | Bonnen, Dennis | Leach
Coauthor: Bonnen, Greg | Cook
Last Action: 05/04/2013 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Asserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and beseeching the federal government to immediately cease and desist from the promulgation of mandates that infringe on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms or that are otherwise beyond the scope of its constitutionally delegated powers.

HJR 74 Author: Raymond | Hilderbran | Taylor, Van | Deshotel | Branch
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Last Action: 04/29/2013 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taxation of the sale or use of certain food and medicine.

HR 1193 Author: Harless | Burkett | Creighton | Carter | Hunter
Coauthor: Anderson | Ashby | Aycock | Bell | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2013 H Reported enrolled: Apr 23 2013 9:00AM
Caption: Recognizing April 18, 2013, as Texas Federation of Republican Women Day at the State Capitol.

HR 2689 Author: Hughes | Toth | Smithee | Flynn | Zedler
Coauthor: Aycock | Bell | Bohac | Burkett | Cook | et al.
Last Action: 05/29/2013 H Reported enrolled: May 29 2013 1:47PM
Caption: In memory of gospel singer George Beverly Shea.

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