Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. John Zerwas
83rd Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 4/19/2024

Number of Bills: 31

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 7 Author: Darby | Pitts | Gonzales, Larry | Menéndez | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Branch | Burkett | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to the amounts, availability, and use of certain statutorily dedicated revenue and accounts; reducing or affecting the amounts or rates of certain statutorily dedicated fees and assessments; making an appropriation.

HB 63 Author: Craddick | Cook | Lucio III | Harless | Menéndez
Coauthor: Alvarado | Button | Callegari | Carter | Clardy | et al.
Sponsor: Zaffirini
Last Action: 04/29/2013 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the creation of an offense for use of a handheld wireless communication device for text-based communication while operating a motor vehicle.

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 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 257 Author: Gonzalez, Naomi | Márquez | Moody | Pickett | González, Mary
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Ashby | et al.
Last Action: 04/29/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the creation of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as a component institution of the Texas Tech University System.

HB 314 Author: Dale | Crownover | Springer | Sanford
Coauthor: Darby | Flynn | Geren | Isaac | Miller, Rick | et al.
Last Action: 03/27/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the abolition of the Alternative Fuels Research and Education Division program administered by the Railroad Commission of Texas.

HB 395 Author: Larson | Sheffield, J. D.
Coauthor: Bonnen, Greg | Zerwas
Last Action: 03/25/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the use by certain health care providers of electronically readable information from a driver's license or personal identification certificate.

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 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 740 Author: Crownover | Thompson, Senfronia | Keffer
Coauthor: Burkett | Cortez | Guerra | Harless | Laubenberg | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption: Relating to newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease and other disorders.

HB 750 Author: Hilderbran | Flynn | Leach
Coauthor: Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Capriglione | Creighton | et al.
Last Action: 02/18/2013 H Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Caption: Relating to the application of foreign laws and foreign forum selection in a proceeding involving marriage, a suit for dissolution of a marriage, or a suit affecting the parent-child relationship in this state.

HB 773 Author: Farney | Branch | Thompson, Senfronia | Smithee
Coauthor: Allen | Ashby | Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Sponsor: Schwertner
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the recitation of the pledges of allegiance to and display of the United States and state flags at and the observation of a moment of silence at open-enrollment charter schools and other public schools.

HB 870 Author: Bell | White | Allen | Dukes | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor: Collier | Deshotel | Dutton | Fletcher | Giddings | et al.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund.

HB 891 Author: Bell | White | Allen | Giddings | Deshotel
Coauthor: Collier | Dukes | Dutton | Fletcher | Howard | et al.
Last Action: 04/24/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M University; authorizing an increase in the fee.

HB 912 Author: Gooden | Riddle | Burnam | Fallon | Stickland
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Ashby | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption: Relating to images captured by unmanned aircraft and other images and recordings; providing penalties.

HB 972 Author: Fletcher | Flynn | Lavender | Burkett | Bell
Coauthor: Anderson | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Bonnen, Greg | Button | et al.
Sponsor: Birdwell
Last Action: 05/20/2013 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on the premises of and certain other locations associated with institutions of higher education.

HB 1000 Author: Oliveira | Branch | Canales | Guerra | Longoria
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 05/16/2013 H Senate Amendments Analysis distributed: May 16 2013 5:01PM
Caption: Relating to the creation of a new university in South Texas within The University of Texas System.

HB 1115 Author: Raney | Farney | Pitts | Kacal | Cook
Coauthor: Ashby | Bell | Callegari | Guerra | Kleinschmidt | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the eligibility for grants for natural gas fueling stations under the Texas natural gas vehicle grant program.

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 1444 Author: King, Susan | Craddick | Morrison | Coleman | Sheffield, J. D.
Coauthor: Callegari | Clardy | Crownover | Dale | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action: 02/26/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions.

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 1736 Author: Anchia | Rose | Keffer | Hughes | Bohac
Coauthor: Ashby | Carter | Dale | Dutton | Eiland | et al.
Sponsor: West
Last Action: 05/16/2013 S Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
Caption: Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of property used to collect, process, and deliver landfill-generated gas.

HB 2061 Author: Murphy | Deshotel | Anchia | Pitts | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor: Ashby | Bohac | Clardy | Dutton | Eiland | et al.
Sponsor: Hancock
Last Action: 05/17/2013 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 17 2013 6:50PM
Caption: Relating to a tax credit for investment in certain communities; imposing a monetary penalty; authorizing a fee.

HB 2364 Author: Laubenberg | Leach | Burkett | Bonnen, Greg | Turner, Scott
Coauthor: Anderson | Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | Button | et al.
Last Action: 05/07/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to abortion at or after 20 weeks post-fertilization.

HB 3692 Author: Branch
Coauthor: Zerwas
Last Action: 04/17/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the support of certain resident physicians and physician residency programs.

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.

HJR 121 Author: Raymond | Kuempel | Sheffield, Ralph
Coauthor: Moody | Zerwas
Last Action: 03/18/2013 H Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing a state video lottery system to operate video lottery games at certain horse and greyhound racetracks and providing that federally recognized Indian tribes are not prohibited from conducting games of chance on certain Indian lands.

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 1400 Author: Vo | Button | Wu | Farias | Harper-Brown
Coauthor: Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Ashby | Aycock | et al.
Last Action: 04/18/2013 H Reported enrolled: Apr 18 2013 12:35PM
Caption: Recognizing April 17, 2013, as Vietnamese American Day at the State Capitol.

HR 1590 Author: Workman | Burkett | Murphy | Sheffield, Ralph | Raney
Coauthor: Bohac | Creighton | Lavender | Stephenson | Thompson, Ed | et al.
Last Action: 05/06/2013 H Reported enrolled: May 6 2013 10:44AM
Caption: Recognizing the Texas A&M University Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Internship Program and the Public Policy Internship Program and the interns for the 83rd legislative session.

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