Legislation authored by Brad Wright

Includes legislation with Brad Wright as the primary author for the 64th through 71st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

71st Regular Session
HB 70	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to voting in connection with judicial races.
HB 110	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to authorized investments of money recovered in a suit in which a minor or incapacitated person is represented by a next friend.
HB 219	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the maintaining and renting of safe deposit boxes by a bank or private safe deposit company.
HB 421	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the penalties and interest accrued on delinquent ad valorem taxes on the homestead of an elderly person.
HB 570	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to matters of probate.
HB 1342	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to an additional filing fee in probate actions.
HB 1343	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the treatment and commitment of a chronically mentally ill person.
HB 1344	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to the regulation of funeral directing and embalming.
HB 1345	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to income eligibility for medical assistance and the provision and payment of hospital and physician services to Medicaid recipients.
HB 1587	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/28/89 Caption: Relating to the quasi-judicial enforcement of certain ordinances by home-rule municipalities.
HB 1967	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the regulation of medical physicists; providing penalties.
HB 2650	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/89 Caption: Relating to filing fee and petition requirements for certain candidates in a general primary election.
HB 3013	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the duration of calls made by an automatic dial announcing device.
HB 3014	Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to special license plates for members of the United States armed forces reserve components.
HCR 31	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Inviting Governor William P. Clements to address a joint session.
HR 128	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Authorizing the American Legion Auxiliary to use the house chamber on June 19, 1989, and June 18, 1990, for Bluebonnet Girls State.
HR 772	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing Patrick Egan and Olcan Masterson of Ireland as "Friends of Texas."
HR 791	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Calling on the Texas Department of Health to improve the disposition of complaints against nursing home administrators.
71st 6th Called Session
HB 88	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the creation of local school councils in certain school districts.
70th Regular Session
HB 75	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to voting in connection with judicial races.
HB 170	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the nonpartisan election of judicial officers.
HB 202	Last Action: House passage reported Caption: Relating to the licensure of state hospitals.
HB 359	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the possession of an antique device.
HB 360	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts and the assignment of statutory probate court judges in certain probate proceedings.
HB 361	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the appointment of temporary administrators, representatives, and guardians for certain persons and estates.
HB 362	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the payment of claims against an estate.
HB 363	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the persons authorized to collect expenses incurred in defending a will.
HB 364	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the inclusion of social security numbers in applications in certain probate proceedings.
HB 365	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to rights of inheritance by or from certain illegitimate children.
HB 366	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to payment of claims without guardianship and the administration of terminated guardianship assets.
HB 367	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the statutory probate courts in Harris County.
HB 368	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the acceptance or disclaimer of certain property interests, the effects of acceptance of certain trust interests, and the appointment of a guardian ad litem in certain probate proceedings.
HB 575	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the transfer of certain probate proceedings for the convenience of an estate.
HB 576	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to sale of property of a minor by a parent without guardianship.
HB 577	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the time for filing a petition for an accounting and distribution of certain estates.
HB 578	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to costs and expenses incident to removal of certain personal representatives.
HB 579	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the compensation of certain personal representatives.
HB 582	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the assignment of a judge to a statutory probate court.
HB 583	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts.
HB 728	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to exempting certain personal property from seizure for the satisfaction of debts.
HB 729	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to fees charged by the Texas Board of Health for hospital licenses and hospital construction plan reviews and field surveys.
HB 730	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to changing the name of the State Board of Morticians to the Texas Funeral Service Commission, to the powers and duties of that commission, and to regulation of funeral directing and embalming; providing administrative penalties.
HB 813	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to the circumstances under which a guardian may borrow money against the estate of a ward.
HB 925	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to inclusion of certain licensed dietitians' services in health insurance coverage.
HB 1496	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the circumstances under which a plat for a residential area may be changed.
HB 1704	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the authority of the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District to require certain cities to convert to surface water use.
HB 2443	Last Action: Comm. laid on table subj. to call Caption: Relating to the publication of notice relating to certain real property transactions by political subdivisions.
HB 2444	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to blood banks, confidentiality of blood bank records, penalties against improper disclosure of donor information, and amendment of Article 4590-3.
HB 2560	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the regulation of physicians under the Medical Practice Act and to the powers and duties of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners; providing a civil penalty.
HB 2630	Last Action: House passage as amended reported Caption: Relating to liability limits for a health care liability claim.
HCR 56	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Granting Otis Elevator Company permission to sue the State of Texas and Texas Southern University.
HR 389	Caption: Authorizing Girls State to use the house chamber on June 22, 1987, and June 20, 1988.
70th 1st Called Session
HB 6	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to liability limits for a health care liability claim.
HJR 3	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the regulation of civil actions.
70th 2nd Called Session
HB 5	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to liability limits for a health care liability claim.
HB 126	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-10/20/87 Caption: Relating to amending the Tax Increment Financing Act to provide for the provision of financial information regarding the acquisition of land by a city or town in a reinvestment zone.
HJR 3	Last Action: Coauthor withdrawn Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to liability limits for a health care liability claim.
69th Regular Session
HB 177	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to straight-ticket voting in connection with judicial races.
HB 178	Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to requirements for filing fees and signature petitions in the general primary election for certain judicial offices.
HB 223	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the diposition of fees deposited in the chiropractic examiners fund.
HB 260	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to the authority of a city or town to contract and levy assessments for the relocation or replacement of sanitation sewer laterals or water laterals on private property.
HB 327	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the form of the ballot for judicial races.
HB 328	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to voting in connection with judicial races.
HB 475	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of a creditor of a decedent to institute proceedings to determine heirship.
HB 476	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to collection of certain probate court fees to be used for continuing judicial education for probate judges and their staffs or for supplemental compensation and expenses for the presiding judge of the statutory courts.
HB 477	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to supplemental compensation and expenses for the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts.
HB 478	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to employment and compensation of court coordinators, administrative assistants, and auditors for statutory probate courts in certain counties.
HB 479	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory probate courts in actions by or against the personal representative of an estate.
HB 480	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the purchase of property of an estate by the personal representative of the estate.
HB 481	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the inheritance rights of certain illegitimate children.
HB 482	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the persons authorized to collect expenses incurred in defending a will.
HB 744	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of the statutory probate courts in Harris County and to special and substitute judges and certain staff for those courts.
HB 745	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the assignment of property received from life insurance, under a will, or by inheritance.
HB 746	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the payment of certain claims owed to persons for whom no guardian has been appointed, to the termination of certain guardianships, and to the disposition of guardianship assets.
HB 747	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the classification as habitual drunkards for purposes of the Texas Probate Code of certain users of toxic inhalants.
HB 748	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the appointment of probate surrogates for the statutory probate courts.
HB 749	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to accounting and distribution procedures in the administration of certain estates.
HB 899	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the notice of changes under certain credit agreements.
HB 1251	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the enforceability of medical staff by-laws by the medical staff and governing boards of hospitals.
HB 2034	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the appointment and duties of temporary guardians and the designation of guardians under the Texas Probate Code.
HB 2041	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to the prohibition against the division of fees for optometric services or materials with lay persons, firms, or corporations.
HB 2509	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to requirements for filing fees and signature petitions in the general primary election for certain judicial offices.
HCR 65	Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Granting Otis Elevator Company permission to sue the state.
HCR 235	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Granting Black Gold Express permission to sue the state.
HJR 54	Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to enact laws permitting a city or town to spend public funds and levy assessments for the relocation or replacement of water laterals on private property.
HR 344	Caption: Authorizing the Girls State Program to use the house chamber on June 17, 1985, and June 16, 1986.
HR 398	Caption: Extending birthday greetings to Mrs. Virginia Bashaw.
HR 577	Caption: The Texas House of Representatives urges the Governor of Texas to refrain from imposing a Section 1122 capital expenditure review program until the loss of federal funds becomes a certainty, etc.
69th 1st Called Session
HR 4	Caption: Requesting the Governor of Texas to refrain from imposing a Section 1122 capital expenditure review program until the loss of federal funds becomes a certainty, as evidenced by notification in writing by the ...
68th Regular Session
HB 5	Last Action: Placed on daily Major State Calendar Caption: Relating to creation of the offense of possessing an open container of alcoholic beverage in a motor vehicle.
HB 48	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles; providing penalties.
HB 49	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Relating to nonpartisan election of certain judicial officers.
HB 50	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the insanity defense and treatment of mentally ill offenders.
HB 89	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to motor vehicle liability insurance coverage that must be maintained by persons convicted of driving while intoxicated; providing penalties.
HB 126	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the penalty for certain offenses of obscenity.
HB 127	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the offense of displaying material harmful to a minor.
HB 194	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Relating to the authorization of a city or town to contract and levy assessments for the relocation or replacement of sanitation sewer laterals on private property.
HB 374	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the management of property recovered in a suit by the next friend of an incapacitated person.
HB 375	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of the personal representative of a decedent to institute proceedings to determine heirship.
HB 376	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the liability of certain personal representatives for attorney's fees.
HB 377	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to providing notice to heirs and beneficiaries concerning final settlements in probate proceedings.
HB 378	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the distribution of small estates on affidavit.
HB 636	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to appointment and compensation of court coordinators and administrative assistants for statutory probate courts.
HB 637	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to statewide assignment of judges of the statutory probate courts.
HB 800	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the recovery of damages for the wrongful death of a child or a spouse.
HB 1405	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the qualifications for an athletic trainer license.
HB 1406	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the possession and display of certain documents relating to the origin and status of redfish and speckled sea trout; providing a penalty.
HB 1509	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the making of earmold impressions by audiologists.
HB 1600	Last Action: Withdrawn by Author Caption: Relating to nonpartisan election of certain judicial officers.
HB 1883	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to reimbursement of expenses in connection with certain probate proceedings.
HB 1884	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to certain proceedings under the Texas Probate Code.
HB 1998	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Higher Education Caption: Relating to higher education authorities.
HB 1999	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the compensation and powers of members of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, to registration of practitioners and interns, to qualifications of licensees, to grounds for refusal to admit persons to examination and to issue licenses, to fees, hearings, and stays of board decisions, to cancellation, revocation, suspension, and probation of licenses, and to peace officers commissioned by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners; defining who are peace officers.
HB 2270	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the enforceability of medical staff by-laws by the medical staff and governing boards of hospitals, and declaring an emergency.
HB 2271	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to coordination of activities of state agencies related to health care.
HJR 42	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a city or town to expend public funds and levy assessments for the relocation or replacement of sanitation sewer laterals on private property.
HJR 70	Last Action: Filed without the Governor's signature Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for assignment of judges of certain courts with probate jurisdiction.
HR 272	Caption: Granting Bluebonnet Girls State permission to use house chamber on June 20, 1983.
HR 322	Caption: Commending Dr. Joel Reed, Mr. James Hickox, and the Harris County Medical Society for providing medical services to those who have lost their jobs or lack financial resources to pay for needed medical care.
HR 363	Caption: Commending Miss Laura Savage.
HR 449	Caption: Directing the Committee on Public Health to study the role of psychologists in the mental health commitment process.
HR 460	Caption: Directing the House Committee on Public Health to study the Texas Health Facilities Commission.
HR 540	Caption: Requesting the Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement agencies to maintain records of traffic accidents where alcoholic beverages are present.
67th Regular Session
HB 18	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to nonpartisan electionof certain judicial officers.
HB 19	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to penalty for the offense of wholesale promoting obscene materials or obscene devices.
HB 20	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the display or distribution of obscene graphic materials in any business establishment frequented by minors.
HB 21	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to engaging in organized criminal activity concerning obscenity that includes sexual conduct by a child.
HB 22	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to voiding of a lease by a landlord where a tenant or occupant of the leased property or employee or agent of the tenant or occupant uses the leased property to violate the provisions of the Penal Code relating to public decency.
HB 23	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the offense of disseminating harmful material to minors.
HB 208	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the custody and control of the Battleship Texas.
HB 1170	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the requirement that public accountants post a sign informing consumers about filing complaints.
HB 1221	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the penalty for the offense of indecent exposure.
HCR 193	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Granting H. D. Schwarz, Jr., Louis C. Lechenger, Lois S. Rottersmann, Charlotte S. Friedmann, and Pauline L. Morgenstern permission to sue the state.
HJR 92	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve in the people the power of referendum.
HR 71	Caption: Commending William Blackburn Royer, Jr.
HR 92	Caption: Commending George A. Butler.
67th 1st Called Session
HR 51	Caption: In memory of William Henry Rouse II.
66th Regular Session
HB 116	Last Action: Motion to reconsider lost Caption: Relating to the regulation of vehicles hauling loose materials.
HB 594	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to legislative review and disapproval of rules and proposed rules of state agencies.
HB 1018	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to a presidential primary.
HB 1589	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to elections to reduce local increases in effective property tax rates.
HB 1968	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to judicial verification of election returns for certain federal offices.
HB 2035	Last Action: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . Caption: Relating to proof of financial responsibility in certain situations involving driving while intoxicated or suspension of a driver's license.
HB 2097	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the eligibility to serve in certain offices of political parties.
HJR 15	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the selection of the elective judges and justices of the courts of this state, with certain exceptions, at nonpartisan elections held in the odd-numbered years.
HJR 22	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right of a person to work for an employer without regard to whether the person is a member of of makes a payment to a labor organization.
HJR 23	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment restricting the power of the legislature and the political subdivisions of the state to increase taxes.
HJR 55	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve in the people the powers of initiative and referendum.
HJR 79	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve in the people the power of referendum.
HJR 133	Last Action: Filed with the Secretary of State Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative review of the process of rulemaking by agencies in the executive department.
65th Regular Session
HB 303	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to nonpartisan nomination and election of certain judicial officers and the procedures for their nomination and election; declaring certain acts to be crimes.
HB 374	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the employment of certain aliens in metropolitan areas; granting certain duties and powers to the commissioner of labor and standards; and providing penalties.
HB 1715	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Education Caption: Relating to requiring candidates for bachelor's degrees from state institutions of higher education to obtain credit for certain basic courses designated by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System; amending the Texas Education Code.
HB 1724	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Relating to a nomination by the appropriate executive committee of the political party where no candidate files for an office in the party's primary.
HB 1938	Last Action: Motion to reconsider lost Caption: Relating to the state conventions of political parties required to hold primary elections.
HB 1939	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the appointment of election judges and clerks in election held at the expense of the county.
HB 1940	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Changing the deadline for candidates to file for a place on a primary election ballot and changing dates for other actions to conform to the change in the filling deadline.
HB 1941	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to the temporary organization of county executive committees in counties where no organization exists for a political party which holds primary election and to the form of the petition of a minor party and the form of the application of an independent candidate for a place on the general election ballot.
HB 1956	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to judicial recount for certain federal offices.
HB 1980	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Requiring certain political parties to hold presidential primary elections and prescribing the method for selecting delegates to national nominating conventions of those parties.
HB 2078	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Providing a procedure whereby the governing body of certain cities, towns and villages may hold a spcial election to determine whether or not powers of recall, initative and referendum powers shall be adopted by such a city.
65th 2nd Called Session
HB 28	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Ways and Means Caption: Relating to tax-relief grants to elderly persons who rent their residences.
HJR 37	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing an amendment of the Texas Constitution to require property tax relief comparable to that available to elderly homeowners for elderly persons who rent their residences.