Legislation authored by Gene Fondren

Includes legislation with Gene Fondren as the primary author for the 58th through 60th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

60th Regular Session
HB 89 Caption: Relating to amending the Texas Election Code by adding several sections relating to voter registration; relating to qualification and requirements for voting; relating to a criminal penalty for making a forged or fictitious application for voter registration; fixing effective dates.
HB 90 Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation in this State.
HB 179 Caption: Relating to clarifying, revising, and amplifying laws relating to general, special, and primary elections held by the state, by counties, cities, and other political subdivisions of the state, and by political parties.
HB 180 Caption: Relating to absentee voting.
HB 181 Caption: Relating to the form of paper ballots and the method of marking paper ballots.
HB 182 Caption: Relating to amending Section 234, Texas Election Code, relating to unauthorized use of the name of a political party or a similar name.
HB 365 Caption: Relating to adopting the Multistate Tax Compact; providing for membership on the Multistate Tax Commission, consultation with local government representatives, and creation of the Multistate Tax Compact Advisory Committee.
HB 366 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to provide for an increased state-wide total of exceptional teacher units for exceptional children defined as emotionally disturbed; to authorize, increase and provide for allocation of operation funds to school districts operating approved exceptional children classroom teacher units for emotionally disturbed children.
HB 367 Caption: Relating to amending certain statutes by providing methods of publication of ordinances and by-laws of towns and villages incorporated and operating under certain statute.
HB 370 Caption: Relating to amending certain acts so as to include psychologists and psychometrists in the list or designations of special service teachers to assist eligible school districts in providing essential services for identification and evaluation of pupils assigned to special education classes; providing the formula for allotment of special service teacher units necessitated by the enlarged changes in the list of special service teachers; providing for an effective date of this Act.
HB 495 Caption: Relating to amending certain statute so as to create the Industrial Safety Division of the Industrial Accident Board; requiring the reporting of all industrial accidents and providing a penalty for failure to report; providing an effective date.
HB 1083 Caption: Relating to creating the County Court at Law of Bell County.
HB 1084 Caption: Relating to repealing certain acts relating to the Williamson County Water Supply District.
HR 211 Caption: Commending the seventh and eighth grade students of Florence for their interest in State Government.
HR 212 Caption: Commending the students of Liberty Hill High School for their interest in State Government.
HR 251 Caption: Welcoming members of the Woodmen of the World, Jurisdiction of Texas to Austin and the State Capitol.
HR 424 Caption: In memory of Dr. B. A. Kirkpatrick of Williamson County.
59th Regular Session
HB 68 Caption: Relating to restricting the effect of adjudications in lower trial courts on proceedings in higher courts.
HB 230 Caption: Relating to authorizing the commissioners court of certain counties to purchase two-way radios for county vehicles.
HB 279 Caption: Relating to the certification of authenticity of certain records of the State Highway Department and Texas Department of Public Safety.
HB 460 Caption: Relating to registration of voters; amending the Election Code to provided a general registration system conditioned on the adoption of an amendment abolishing payment of the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting.
HB 611 Caption: Relating to providing for the establishment of a system of eight-five Educational Services Districts and defining and outlining the purposes thereof.
HB 612 Caption: Relating to amending certain Statutes to provide for the filing of claims for refund of franchise taxes, together with penalties and interest paid to the Comptroller of Public Accounts thereon.
HB 812 Caption: Relating to the preservation of the structure known as the Gethsemane Church.
HB 830 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts to remove the Governor from the School Land Board and substituting one citizen of the State appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall serve for a term of two years.
HB 1000 Caption: Relating to providing for State employees group insurance; providing for the creation of a State Employees Insurance Board; providing penalties.
HB 1090 Caption: Relating to amending certain Acts by adding a definition and to make more certain the legislative intent that the Department shall not have the authority to determine the length of license suspension as set out in certain sections.
HCR 173 Caption: Suspending the Joint Rules to consider S. B. No. 439.
HJR 29 Caption: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Texas so as to provide that the regular term of office of members of the House of Representatives shall begin the first day the Legislature assembles in Regular Session.
HR 142 Caption: Commending the Civics Class of Lexington High School on their interest in state government.
HR 169 Caption: Naming Sharon Satterwhite as Mascot of the House.
HR 270 Caption: Commending the Senior Class of Hutto High School for their interest in state government.
HR 345 Caption: Welcoming the Seventh and Eighth Grades of Giddings School to the State Capitol.
HR 456 Caption: Welcoming the seventh grade students of Leander School to the State Capitol.
HR 457 Caption: Welcoming members of the Riverside Home Demonstration Club of Georgetown to the State Capitol.
HR 516 Caption: Commending Dewitt C. Greer for his service to the state of Texas.
HR 554 Caption: Creating an interim committee to study state group insurance.
HR 588 Caption: In memory of Virgil L. Plowman of Taylor.
HR 589 Caption: IN memory of J. Porter Prewitt of Taylor.
HR 590 Caption: In memory of Oliver P. Harris of Taylor.
HR 591 Caption: In memory of the Honorable John H. Tate of Lee County.
HR 592 Caption: In memory of Mr. John Knox of Lee County.
59th 1st Called Session
HB 1 Caption: Relating to registration of voters; amending the Election Code of the State of Texas to provide a general registration system conditioned on the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Texas abolishing payment of the poll tax as a prerequisite for voting or upon a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States invalidating payment of a poll tax as a requirement for voting in State and local elections.
58th Regular Session
HB 1 Caption: Relating to creating the Governor's Committee on Education Beyond the High School for the study of the needs of public and private education beyond the high school in this State and the formulation and recommendation of a comprehensive coordinated system of programs and facilities in education beyond the high school; setting a termination date for its work.
HB 606 Caption: Relating to fixing a year-round open season on pheasants and chukars in Lee County.
HB 607 Caption: Relating to authorizing the Commissioners Court in certain counties to furnish an automobile or pickup, including expenses of operation thereof, to each County Commissioner for use in official business.
HB 671 Caption: Relating to amending by eliminating from the act the provisions making the judgment in divorce cases as to child custody conform to a jury's determination of custody and further eliminating the provisions permitting demand for a jury trial in child custody cases and adding a provision for payment of child support awards into the registry of the Court, unless the Court order provides otherwise.
HJR 13 Caption: Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment providing that the members of the House of Representatives shall be chosen by the qualified electors and their term of office shall be two (2) years beginning on the day and hour provided by law for the assembly of each biennial session of the Legislature.
HR 40 Caption: Welcoming the students of Round Rock High School to the State Capitol.
HR 92 Caption: Electing the children of a Member of the House to the office of Mascot.
HR 248 Caption: Welcoming the students of Granger High School to the State Capitol.
HR 474 Caption: Commending the Pages of the House of Representatives for their service during the Session.
HR 544 Caption: In memory of H. M. "Dick" Lawhon of Taylor.