Legislation authored by Bill Messer

Includes legislation with Bill Messer as the primary author for the 66th through 69th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

69th Regular Session
HB 245	Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested cal. Caption: Relating to the use of gifts made to the State Preservation Board to repay the house of representatives for certain renovation expenditures.
HB 277	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the transfer of human organs for valuable consideration; providing a penalty.
HB 278	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the grounds for termination of the parent-child relationship.
HB 316	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to notice, settlement, damages, and attorney's fees in claims of misrepresentation or unfair competition in the business of insurance and to the statute of limitations for those claims.
HB 337	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to application of the Professional Prosecutors Act to certain district attorneys.
HB 399	Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Relating to testimony in a criminal case involving the spouse or former spouse of a witness.
HB 400	Last Action: Considered in public hearing Caption: Relating to a limit on the number of persons employed by a state agency.
HB 488	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the regulation of advertising by dentists and to certain exceptions from the definition of dentistry.
HB 505	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the right to a duty-free lunch period for certain public school teachers.
HB 513	Last Action: Companion considered in lieu of Caption: Relating to interpretation of credit law by the consumer credit commissioner.
HB 565	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to acquisition of control of a gas utility.
HB 690	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to allocation of the authority in the state to issue private activity bonds and to bonds issued by an industrial development corporation.
HB 847	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Railroad Commission of Texas regarding railroad safety and the enforcement of the laws relating to railroads.
HB 848	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the amount assessed against a defendant as a personal bond fee.
HB 849	Last Action: Companion document considered in lieu Caption: Relating to a solicitor acting as an insurance company agent.
HB 941	Last Action: Reported from s/c favorably w/sub. Caption: Relating to the regulation of the use of safety belts in certain motor vehicles; providing a penalty.
HB 1122	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to venue for personal injury actions against a railroad corporation or an assignee, trustee, or receiver operating a railroad.
HB 1179	Last Action: Referred to Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the validation of certain municipal annexations and other related governmental acts and proceedings.
HB 1330	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to state and local regulation of outdoor signs.
HB 1331	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the period during which a suit to determine paternity may be brought and to court procedures in those suits.
HB 1490	Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes relating to civil procedure and civil remedies and liabilities.
HB 1543	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the assignment and transfer of students to schools within a school district.
HB 1550	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the rights of landlords and tenants.
HB 1551	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the regulation of a person who is or seeks to become the sports agent of certain collegiate athletes; providing a penalty.
HB 1552	Last Action: Referred to Government Organization Caption: Relating to the operation and continuation of the Texas Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy.
HB 1553	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendments Caption: Relating to imposition of rates under bond by a telecommunications utility.
HB 1554	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the application of the Professional Prosecutors Act to certain prosecuting attorneys and to the imposition of special costs on conviction in certain counties.
HB 1656	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to prohibiting activities that interfere with the lawful hunting or catching of wildlife; providing a penalty.
HB 1657	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to fire fighters' and police officers' civil services; providing a penalty.
HB 1776	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the definition of "bet" for the purposes of the Penal Code prohibition against gambling.
HB 1777	Last Action: No action taken in committee Caption: Relating to the regulation of physicians.
HB 1778	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to coverage of certain brain injuries under certain accident and sickness insurance policies.
HB 1779	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to authority of certain insurance agents; providing a penalty.
HB 1780	Last Action: Point of order sustained Caption: Relating to savings and loan associations; providing penalties.
HB 1837	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to transactions by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System relating to the issuance, sale, exchange and redemption of bonds and notes.
HB 1988	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the approval and form of bonds, transactions concerning the issuance, sale, exchange, and redemption of bonds; pledges for the security of bonds or transactions; and the investment of the proceeds from the sale of bonds; amending the Bond Procedures Act of 1981 (Article 717k-6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
HB 1989	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Relating to procedures for claiming paternity and for receiving notice of suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
HB 2112	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the compensation of presiding judges of certain administrative judicial districts.
HB 2222	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to inspection, insurance, and safety regulations for certain amusement rides.
HB 2395	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the applicability of the Development Corporation Act of 1979 to certain projects.
HB 2433	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and operations of and addition of territory to road utility districts and to conservation and reclamation districts and municipal utility districts operating with road utility district powers; amending Article 6674r-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, and Chapter 54, Water Code.
HCR 29	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Authorizing the Texas DeMolay Association to use the chambers of the house and senate, February 16 and 17, 1985 and February 15 and 16, 1986.
HCR 211	Last Action: Filed w/o the Governor's signature Caption: Granting Roy W. Klagmann, Alvina Klagmann, Loretta Knesek and Elizabeth Struck permission to sue the state.
HR 192	Caption: Congratulating the Troy High School girls basketball team.
HR 244	Caption: Commending Jay Eric Larson Belton.
HR 486	Caption: Honoring Judge Jack Prescott.
68th Regular Session
HB 263	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to application of the nepotism law to senate confirmation of certain appointees.
HB 408	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to a preliminary investigation in connection with the regulation of bail bondsmen.
HB 509	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the waiting period for remarriage after a divorce.
HB 510	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the corrections of errors in the Business and Commerce Code.
HB 551	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions Caption: Relating to the operation of state savings and loan associations and the savings and loan department and the continuation of the office of the savings and loan commissioner.
HB 593	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and continuation of the Railroad Commission of Texas, including the regulation of transportation, oil and gas, surface mining, and other mineral activities, and the regulation by the railroad commission and municipalities of gas utilities; establishing the Office of Public Utility Counsel.
HB 661	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to local government compensation for required removal of outdoor advertising.
HB 798	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to excuse from jury service for persons with a physical or mental impairment.
HB 799	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to certain exceptions to the confidentiality of certain medical and other mental health records regarding a patient.
HB 801	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the classification of theft offenses on the basis of the value of the property or service stolen.
HB 802	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to public school holidays.
HB 833	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to repealing the use of the short form for the franchise tax.
HB 834	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to exemptions from the franchise tax for nonprofit corporations.
HB 1015	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to firemen's and policemen's civil service.
HB 1032	Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to regulation of the practice of dentistry, to fees established by the State Board of Dental Examiners, and to compensation for travel expenses incurred by members of that board.
HB 1054	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the regulation of credit unions; providing penalties.
HB 1103	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the distribution of motion pictures.
HB 1134	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the regulation of real estate brokers and salesmen and declaring an emergency.
HB 1157	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of a commissioners court to permit the revision of a subdivision plat or cancellation of a subdivision.
HB 1186	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes relating to civil procedure and civil remedies and liabilities.
HB 1232	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the regulation of job protection insurance; providing penalties.
HB 1438	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the removal of certain businesses from treatment as a consumer under the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.
HB 1722	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the duties, functions, and operations of the legislative council.
HB 1849	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to fraud in a transaction involving real estate or stock in a corporation or joint stock company.
HB 1850	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the operation and continuation of the office of Consumer Credit Commissioner and to its regulatory responsibility concerning pawnshops and certain lenders.
HB 1851	Last Action: See remarks Caption: Relating to an employer's right of notice and appeal of an unemployment compensation award.
HB 1852	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage of subcontractors as defined herein.
HB 1853	Last Action: Postponed Caption: Relating to the regulation of monopolies, contracts, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of trade or commerce; containing enforcement provisions.
HB 1864	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes relating to property.
HB 1899	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to public school finance.
HB 1959	Last Action: House conferees appointed Caption: Relating to the Development Corporation Act of 1979.
HB 1960	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the confidentiality of certain medical and psychological records.
HB 1961	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of title insurance agents.
HB 1985	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the establishment, powers, and duties of the Texas Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities and to the rights of persons with developmental disabilities.
HB 2029	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to notice, settlement, damages, and attorneys' fees in claims of misrepresentation or unfair competition in the business of insurance.
HB 2047	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to amending the Firemen's and Policemen's Civil Service Act, by changing the petition requirements for repeal elections and by changing the voting requirement for passage in such elections, and declaring an emergency.
HB 2250	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the definition of telecommunications utilities under the Public Utility Regulatory Act, stating public policy in regard to telecommunications service; and expanding the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission of Texas over the regulation of telecommunications utilities.
HB 2345	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the election and terms of office of directors of the Comanche Hills Utility District.
HB 2346	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the electon and terms of office of directors of the Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 3.
HB 2347	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the election and terms of office of directors of the Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
HB 2359	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the election and terms of office of directors of the Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6.
HR 21	Caption: Commending Frank Machalek and Fritz Goldman.
HR 42	Caption: In memory of Clarence Taylor Saunders.
HR 67	Caption: Commending Curtis B. Elliott.
HR 301	Caption: Congratulating Red and Radell Kelley.
HR 312	Caption: Congratulating J. W. "Red" and Radell Kelley on their 50th wedding anniversary.
HR 470	Caption: Honoring Charlie Jones.
HR 471	Caption: Honoring Judge James K. Evetts.
HR 520	Caption: Suspending house rules on Senate Bill 960 to make appropriate changes in conference committee.
HR 531	Caption: In memory of Clarence and Mary Griggs.
HR 536	Caption: In memory of Clarence and Mary Griggs.
HR 564	Caption: Suspending House Rules on SB752.
68th 2nd Called Session
HB 116	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, financing, and dissolution of road utility districts under Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution.
HB 123	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to adoption of a nonsubstantive revision of the statutes relating to civil procedure and civil remedies and liabilities.
HB 129	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to a limit on the number of persons employed by a state agency.
HB 134	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to conforming the Property Code and related statutes to the laws from which that code is derived and to laws enacted after the date of enactment of all or part of that code or laws.
HCR 61	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: In memory of Halley Cox.
HJR 8	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow a municipality that elects any part of its governing body from districts within the municipality to provide terms of office for its elected or appointed officers that are longer than two years but not longer than four years.
HR 79	Caption: In memory of Nola E. Kinney.
67th Regular Session
HB 138	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the payment of unemployment insurance benefits to substitute teachers for educational institutions.
HB 250	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to statute of limitations in paternity suits.
HB 251	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the time that a detention hearing under Title 3, Family Code, is required.
HB 252	Last Action: Subcommittee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to suits brought under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.
HB 276	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the punishment of a felony of the first degree under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
HB 340	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to excuse from jury service for persons with a physical or mental impairment.
HB 341	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the protection of certain child witnesses in prosecutions for certain sex offenses.
HB 453	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Transportation Caption: Relating to the effect of a driver's refusal to take a chemical breath test for intoxication.
HB 557	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the disposition of illegally acquired property.
HB 558	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to disqualification for benefits under the Texas Unemployment Act.
HB 609	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to adoption of a Medical Practice Act.
HB 676	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions Caption: Relating to loans made by credit unions.
HB 824	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to increasing the amount of bond coverage available to state employees.
HB 902	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to workers' compensation self-insurance and unfair or deceptive claims practices.
HB 1158	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to a requirement that a woman notify her spouse before receiving an abortion.
HB 1228	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to alternative ceilings on rates of interest or time price differential applicable to certain transactions.
HB 1295	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Appropriations Caption: Making an appropriation to the Texas Highway Department for the purpose of erecting memorial highway markers.
HB 1296	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the admissibility of alibi evidence in a criminal case.
HB 2207	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of certain common carrier pipelines to incorporate under state law.
HB 2358	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to funds for administration of the Teacher Retirement system of Texas.
HB 2388	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to credit life and credit accident and health insurance.
HCR 169	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Requesting Texas Historical Commission to approve a historical marker for the Cochran, Blair, and Potts Department Store.
HR 68	Caption: Commending George W. Ferrell.
HR 74	Caption: Expressing support for the Easter Seal campaign and commending the Bell County Easter Seal campaign and the Bell County Rehabilitation Center.
HR 268	Caption: Directing the Committee on Environmental Affairs to study the feasibility of creating a desert museum state park.
HR 313	Caption: Commending V. J. Belda.
67th 1st Called Session
HB 15	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the regulation of the practice of medicine and continuation of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
HR 16	Caption: In memory of former state Representative John T. Cox, Sr.
HR 17	Caption: Congratulating Ruby McKee.
HR 18	Caption: Congratulating Samuel and Olga Moore.
HR 26	Caption: In memory of Iladene Madeley Walker.
67th 2nd Called Session
HR 37	Caption: Commending state Representative Susan Gurley McBee.
66th Regular Session
HB 708	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the taxation of nonprofit volunteer fire departments under the franchise tax.
HB 732	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the amount a state bank may invest in another state bank.
HB 1117	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to fines for felonies of the first degree.
HB 1227	Last Action: Motion lost to suspend reg order (to consider on 2nd reading) Caption: Relating to authority of county child welfare boards.
HB 1228	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the authority of the Texas Employment Commission to sell and convey certain state-owned land and the disposition of the proceeds.
HB 1451	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to guardianship of deceased wards, final accounting by the guardian, payment of a ward's funeral expenses, and payments becoming due until the guardian's discharge.
HB 1532	Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar Caption: The Texas Newborn Pulmonary Program Act.
HB 1541	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to the qualifications of certain members of the Finance Commission.
HB 1656	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to revolving lines of credit available from certain creditors; regulating, authorizing and limiting certain loan contract requirements, provisions and practices; regulating and limiting interest rates; providing for penalties.
HB 1657	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Economic Development Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation benefits paid to substitute teachers.
HCR 169	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Honoring Carl T. Widen on the occasion of his 95th birthday.
HR 153	Caption: Congratulating Walter Fisher.