Legislation authored by Patricia Hill

Includes legislation with Patricia Hill as the primary author for the 68th through 71st Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

71st Regular Session
HB 419	Last Action: Referred to Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to ingredient information about wine manufactured, processed, or bottled in Texas.
HB 588	Last Action: S. refused to adopt conf. comm. rept. Caption: Relating to proof of certain informal marriages and to spousal maintenance after the dissolution of certain marriages or putative marriages.
HB 789	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the time in which certain suits to void a marriage may be brought and to clarifications and technical corrections concerning the marriage relationship, the parent-child relationship, and suits....
HB 790	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to suits affecting the parent-child relationship and the reporting of child abuse and to the effective date of certain amendments to the Family Code.
HB 948	Last Action: Motion withdrawn Caption: Relating to the penalty for charging more than twice the amount of interest allowed by state usury law.
HB 963	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to regulation of private process servers; providing penalties.
HB 1067	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to a prohibition on the receipt of certain political contributions immediately before and during a regular legislative session.
HB 1068	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to a waiver of the state's sovereign immunity to suit in actions based on a written contract.
HB 1513	Last Action: Motion to table prevails Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction and administration of certain district and county courts and to the qualifications of office for judges of certain courts.
HB 1514	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to rules of civil procedure or amendments to those rules adopted by the Texas Supreme Court.
HB 1515	Last Action: Reported from s/c fav. w/o amdt(s) Caption: Relating to the financial impact of an adoption by a municipality of a provision affecting a public retirement system.
HB 1516	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Construction Lien Act.
HB 1863	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to fees charged by court reporters for copies of trial transcripts.
HB 1864	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Relating to the juvenile board and court services department of Dallas County and to the salaries of the district judges having jurisdiction in Dallas County.
HB 2011	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to sovereign immunity in judicial actions based on a written contract.
HB 2012	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the review of the provision of certain services under the Texas Sunset Act.
HB 2013	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to geography instruction for elementary and secondary students.
HB 2014	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of telephone solicitation; providing civil and criminal penalties.
HB 2147	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain personnel employed by hospital districts.
HB 2148	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to certain technical and other corrections and revisions to the Property Code.
HB 2235	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the limitations period for fraud actions.
HB 2236	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the creation of three judicial districts composed of Dallas County.
HB 2237	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to children who have no presumed fathers.
HB 2537	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exclusion of partnership and corporations from the definition of consumer.
HB 2538	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the adoption of the federal rules of civil procedure and civil actions in the courts of this state.
HB 2539	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to property taxes and the administrative and judicial review of property tax determinations.
HB 2540	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to requiring a clergyman to report child abuse.
HB 2541	Last Action: Senate adopted conf. comm. report Caption: Relating to the status and support of children, the establishment, enforcement, and collection of child support, the establishment of paternit possession of and access to children, and the support of disabled minor....
HB 2896	Last Action: Senate conferees appointed Caption: Relating to fees charged for the preparation of instruments affecting title to real property.
HB 2897	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to options to continue health insurance coverage after divorce, death or retirement.
HB 2898	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the time within which an action to recover damages resulting from the presence of asbestos-containing materials in a building or facility may be brought.
HB 3142	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the creation of additional county criminal courts in Dallas County.
HCR 237	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Directing the State Board of Education to review the teaching of geography.
HCR 243	Last Action: Withdrawn from calendar Caption: Directing the Supreme Court of Texas to adopt rules of civil procedure that conform to the federal rules of civil procedure.
HJR 73	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to filling vacancies in certain judicial offices.
HJR 105	Last Action: Laid on table subj. to call in comm. Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing a time within which asbestos cost-recovery actions may be brought.
HR 417	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating State Representative Steve Wolens and Laura Miller on their second wedding anniversary.
HR 1104	Last Action: Filed Caption: Directing the Supreme Court of Texas to adopt rules of civil procedure that conform to the federal rules of civil procedure.
HR 1140	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Declaring the week of February 4 to 11, 1990, as "Texas Community Property Law Week".
71st 1st Called Session
HB 24	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the possession and support of and access to children and to the enforcement of court orders on the possesion and support of and access to children.
HCR 23	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Requesting the Supreme Court to establish standards for private process servers.
71st 2nd Called Session
HB 51	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the nonpartisan election of certain judicial officers.
HB 58	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the election of certain district judges.
HB 59	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to court commissions for filling vacancies in the offices of district judges.
HB 96	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the obligation of the attorney general and others for certain costs and fees in suits affecting the parent-child relationship and in suits for the reciprocal enforcement of child support; providing....
HCR 34	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Requesting that Judge Bunton permit an interlocutory appeal of his order in relation to the LULAC v. Mattox decision.
HJR 7	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the filling of vacancies in the offices of district judges by appointment of the governor.
71st 3rd Called Session
HB 61	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a voucher for the tuition of a student at a public or private school.
HB 69	Last Action: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) Caption: Relating to the designation by the attorney general of a person to serve process in certain child support cases.
71st 4th Called Session
HJR 9	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the composition of the supreme court and the court of criminal appeals and to the election of justices and judges of those courts by place from single-member districts.
71st 5th Called Session
HB 95	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to a tax on the gross receipts of a distributor of disposable diapers in this state.
70th Regular Session
HB 33	Last Action: House adopted conference comm. report Caption: Relating to the limitations period for fraud actions.
HB 34	Last Action: Referred to Insurance Caption: Relating to the requirement that certain insurers and nonprofit hospital and medical service plan corporations provide mammography screening under their accident and sickness insurance and medicare supplement coverage.
HB 83	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the operations and continuation of the Texas Adult Probation Commission, the continuation of the state's participation in the Uniform Act for Out-of-State Parolee Supervision, and to alternative forms of probation and probation revocation available to courts.
HB 626	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to sunset review of the Texas Conservation Foundation.
HB 627	Last Action: Pending in committee Caption: Relating to the preparation and delivery of certain court documents and to costs in civil suits.
HB 628	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to composition of the governing body of certain regional transportation authorities.
HB 634	Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the operations and continuation of the Texas Board of Corrections and to the manner in which defendants are sentenced, confined, and released from confinement.
HB 689	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to banking corporations or associations or individual bankers eligible to be selected as depositories of certain cities, towns, or villages.
HB 771	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to criminal law magistrates in Dallas County accepting misdemeanor guilty pleas for the county criminal courts.
HB 835	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of a home-rule city to provide publicly owned facilities for human services to the indigent.
HB 888	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the continuation, powers, and duties of the Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies.
HB 1241	Last Action: Rules suspended Caption: Relating to a mammography screening program administered by the Texas Department of Human Services and to payment of the costs of mammography screening.
HB 1301	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the authority of certain general cities to indemnify certain persons for losses arising out of the performance of duties for the city.
HB 1380	Last Action: Referred to Business & Commerce Caption: Relating to actions for the enforcement of an agreement made on consideration of nonmarital cohabitation and for alienation of affection.
HB 1588	Last Action: Postponed in committee Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of commercial motor vehicle auction dealers; providing a penalty.
HB 1770	Last Action: Pending in subcommittee Caption: Relating to the regulation of certain utilities by the public utility commission.
HB 1985	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the rate of state contributions to the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 1986	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to ingredient information about wine manufactured, processed, or bottled in Texas.
HB 2002	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to deadlines for filing certain financial statements and to forms provided by the secretary of state.
HB 2003	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to registration and reports filed with the secretary of state concerning communications to influence legislation or administrative action.
HB 2239	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the authority of a home-rule city to provide human services to the indigent.
HB 2240	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to enforcement of the Texas Clean Air Act by the Texas Air Control Board; amending Sunset legislation reauthorizing the Texas Air Control Board and relating to the Catastrophic Release Prevention Act.
HB 2241	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to certain fees paid to the secretary of state.
HB 2242	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Local&Consent Cal. Caption: Relating to the publication of the Texas Administrative Code.
HB 2243	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/87 Caption: Relating to the Sunset Advisory Commission and the review of certain agencies by the commission.
HB 2481	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-8/31/87 Caption: Relating to exclusion of, and removal and disposal of the property of, a commercial tenant by a landlord.
HB 2603	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the application of the Texas Sunset Act to public systems of higher education.
HJR 67	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the creation of the Judicial Screening Commission on Appellate Court Candidates and Nominees for Appointment.
HJR 85	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to filling vacancies in certain judicial offices.
HR 139	Caption: Honoring Leonard Pence, Jr.
HR 272	Caption: Congratulating Representative Steve Wolens and the former Laura Miller on their recent marriage.
HR 494	Caption: Honoring the mesquite tree.
HR 766	Caption: Enabling the house conferees on HB 2243 to go outside the bounds of the house and senate versions.
70th 2nd Called Session
HB 17	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the application of the Texas Sunset Act to public systems of higher education.
HB 77	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prejudgment interest in certain civil cases.
HB 133	Last Action: Effective in 90 days-10/20/87 Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of statutory county courts.
HB 134	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to qualification to take the examination for certification as a psychologist.
69th Regular Session
HB 17	Last Action: Reported favorably with substitute Caption: Relating to the alternative preparation and delivery of certain court documents and to costs in civil suits.
HB 21	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the administration, powers and duties, and continuation of the Texas Air Control Board, to the authority of the board to impose administrative penalties, to the creation of the Texas Clean Air Study Committee, and to the authorization for additional motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance programs.
HB 68	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to anticompetition agreements.
HB 69	Last Action: Referred to Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the election of exemptions in a bankruptcy action.
HB 266	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the civil jurisdiction of county courts and justice courts.
HB 325	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the continuation, composition, powers, and duties of the office of the Interstate Compact on Mental Health Administrator for Texas and to the annual report filed by the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
HB 334	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to certain fees set by commissioners courts.
HB 426	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to continuation, administration, duties, operations, and finances of the office of Canadian River Compact Commissioner for Texas.
HB 427	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the continuation, term, duties, and operation of the office of Pecos River Compact Commissioner of Texas.
HB 428	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to continuation, term, rights, and duties of the office of Red River Compact Commissioner for Texas.
HB 429	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the continuation, duties, and operations of the office of Rio Grande Compact Commissioner of Texas.
HB 430	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the continuation, duties, and operation of the office of Sabine River Compact Commissioners for Texas.
HB 494	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the administration, powers, duties, and continuation of the Texas Department of Water Resources, the Texas Water Development Board, and the Texas Water Commission; the transfer of powers and duties over water and sewer utilities to the Texas Water Commission from the Public Utilities Commission of Texas; and the transfer of the powers and duties over certain municipal hazardous waste to the Texas Department of Water Resources from the Texas Department of Health; providing penalties.
HB 497	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exemption from property taxation for charitable organizations.
HB 499	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to fees charged by the county clerk for certain probate matters.
HB 596	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the continuation of the office of the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact Commissioner for Texas and to notice of commission meetings.
HB 1127	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to eligibility of retired and former district judges to practice law and be assigned as judicial officers.
HB 1260	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to local government cooperation to enforce through administration of motor vehicle registration a warrant issued for the arrest of a person who has failed to appear or pay a fine on a complaint for which punishment is by fine only.
HB 1528	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the authority of certain general-law cities to establish drainage utility systems.
HB 1529	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to contract with certain counties or state agencies to assist in the enforcement of outstanding warrants of arrest for the failure to appear or pay a fine on a complaint involving certain traffic offenses.
HB 1537	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to students at an institution of higher education who are absent from classes on a religious holy day.
HB 1822	Last Action: 1st Printing sent to Comm. on Cal. Caption: Relating to banking corporations or associations or individual bankers to be selected as a depository of a city, town, or village.
HB 2287	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the amendment and repeal of certain statutes to conform to Article I, Section 3a, of the Texas Constitution.
HB 2446	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Amending Section 53.35(b), Education Code, relating to aiding institutions of higher education and elementary and secondary nonprofit educational institutions.
HCR 136	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Congratulating Justice Robert B. Maloney on being recommended for appointment to a federal judgeship.
HCR 260	Last Action: House passage reported Caption: Permitting the conferees on SB738 to add text.
HJR 25	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment granting the supreme court jurisdiction to answer questions of state law certified from federal courts.
HJR 36	Last Action: No action taken in subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to permit a county to abolish the office of county treasurer.
HJR 39	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the apportionment of the state in senatorial, representative, and congressional districts.
HJR 55	Last Action: Referred to Natural Resources Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a change of the name of the Texas Water Development Board by statute.
69th 2nd Called Session
HCR 14	Last Action: Record vote Caption: Granting Utley-James of Texas, Inc. permission to sue the State of Texas and Stephen F. Austin State University.
69th 3rd Called Session
HR 112	Caption: Honoring Representative Jan McKenna.
68th Regular Session
HB 564	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the regulation of health care liability claims under the Medical Liability and Insurance Improvement Act of Texas.
HB 565	Last Action: Withdrawn by Author Caption: Relating to the reimbursement of certain hospital districts for services rendered to nonresident patients.
HB 657	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the appointment of substitute municipal judges.
HB 698	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the enforcement of disabled parking laws.
HB 838	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the offenses involving certain communications and telephone calls intended to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass a person.
HB 845	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to the property tax exemption of certain organizations that promote or operate art galleries, museums, and collections.
HB 1198	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the eligibility of a person who was a member of the United States Public Health Service to participate in the veterans land program.
HB 1969	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to investment securities.
HB 2402	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Providing for the establishment by cities of drainage utility systems; defining such drainage systems as public utilities; prescribing bases for levy of a drainage fee; enacting other provisions relating to the subject; and declaring an emergency.
HJR 68	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize a person who was a member of the United States Public Health Service to participate in the veterans' land program.
HJR 79	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the apportionment of the state into senatorial, representative, and congressional districts.