Texas State Representative
Abel Herrero 2009 - 81st Regular - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 8)
Legislative Session
Joint Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HB785
Filed
Out of House Committee
4/3/09
Voted on by House
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to employment services for persons with disabilities.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HB820
Filed
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to certain ballot access requirements.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HB821
Filed
Out of House Committee
5/8/09
Voted on by House
5/14/09
Out of Senate Committee
5/22/09
Voted on by Senate
5/27/09
Governor Action
6/19/09
Bill Becomes Law
Enrolled
5/29/09
Vetoed
6/19/09
Relating to the sale, recovery, and recycling of certain television equipment; providing administrative penalties.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HB84
Filed
11/10/08
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to a cost of living increase applicable to benefits paid by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HCR152
Introduced
3/31/09
Refer
4/14/09
Report Pass
4/28/09
Refer
5/14/09
Report Pass
5/22/09
Requesting the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to provide for a joint interim legislative study on the availability of medical treatment for patients with Lyme diseases in Texas.
Co-Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HB801
Filed
Out of House Committee
5/2/09
Voted on by House
5/17/09
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Governor Action
Bill Becomes Law
Relating to prohibiting the investment of the permanent university fund in certain business entities doing business in Sudan.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HB873
Filed
Out of House Committee
3/18/09
Voted on by House
3/26/09
Out of Senate Committee
4/9/09
Voted on by Senate
4/17/09
Governor Action
4/23/09
Bill Becomes Law
Enrolled
4/20/09
Passed
4/23/09
Relating to incentives for the film, television, video, and digital interactive media production industries.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HCR139
Introduced
3/26/09
Refer
3/31/09
Report Pass
4/16/09
Refer
5/21/09
Directing the State Preservation Board to amend its rules to allow the statue in honor of Tejanos to be placed on the south lawn of the Capitol.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HCR258
Introduced
5/21/09
Refer
5/21/09
Enrolled
6/1/09
Passed
6/19/09
Urging the University of Houston and other institutions of higher education to cease displaying the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and to replace it with the Freedom and Heritage Flag.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HCR47
Introduced
2/12/09
Refer
2/23/09
Refer
5/21/09
Report Pass
5/23/09
Honoring Paul Cruz Moreno for his exemplary service to the State of Texas.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HJR29
Filed
11/24/08
Out of House Committee
3/26/09
Voted on by House
4/1/09
Out of Senate Committee
5/14/09
Voted on by Senate
Sent toSOS
Proposed Const. Amend.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HJR39
Filed
Out of House Committee
4/22/09
Voted on by House
5/4/09
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/09
Voted on by Senate
5/22/09
Sent toSOS
5/26/09
Proposed Const. Amend.
Enrolled
5/23/09
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Primary Author of Legislation
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HCR61
Introduced
2/20/09
Refer
3/2/09
Report Pass
3/18/09
Refer
5/21/09
Urging congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HJR28
Filed
11/21/08
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Sent toSOS
Proposed Const. Amend.
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation a portion of the assessed value of the residence homesteads of military servicemembers who are serving on active duty.
TX
Texas 2009 - 81st Regular
Texas House Bill HJR45
Filed
Out of House Committee
Voted on by House
Out of Senate Committee
Voted on by Senate
Sent toSOS
Proposed Const. Amend.
Proposing a constitutional amendment increasing the amount of the residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation for public school purposes to $45,000 and providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of taxes that may be imposed for those purposes on the homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect the increased exemption amount.