Legislation authored by Joe Hernandez

Includes legislation with Joe Hernandez as the primary author for the 63rd through 68th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System.

68th Regular Session
HB 327	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the membership of the Public Safety Commission.
HB 328	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the offense of disorderly conduct.
HB 386	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to membership and terms of office of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
HB 406	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the providing of equal community antenna or cable television service to residential and commercial customers.
HB 573	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to visitors of a condemned prisoner preceding the prisoner's execution.
HB 574	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the declination of a political party's nomination.
HB 660	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the required elements of disclosure for political advertising.
HB 673	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Board of Human Resources.
HB 758	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Board of Corrections.
HB 803	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the membership of the Texas Rehabilitation Commission.
HB 808	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the requisites of an indictment or information.
HB 994	Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar Caption: Relating to peace officers employed as investigators by a medical examiner.
HB 995	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to the salaries and expenses of elected city officials in certain cities.
HB 1044	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the jurisdiction of County Courts at Law Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 of Bexar County.
HB 1234	Last Action: Record vote Caption: Relating to punishment, sentencing, and availability of parole or mandatory supervision for a person convicted of a capitol offense.
HB 1235	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to the punishment, sentencing, and availability of parole or mandatory supervision for a person convicted of a capital offense.
HB 1533	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to driving or towing a vehicle with an open bed or flatbed when a child is occupying the bed.
HB 1534	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to filling a vacancy in the office of district clerk in a county having two or more district courts.
HB 1535	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the transaction of business by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District.
HB 1720	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Law Enforcement Caption: Relating to providing compensation for prisoners engaged in work while incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections to fund the crime victims compensation fund and to create a prisoner work incentive fund.
HB 1721	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Law Enforcement Caption: Relating to credit earned by a prisoner toward reduction of a sentence.
HB 2310	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to compensation of the district judges in Bexar County.
HCR 181	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Requesting the Texas Delegation to Congress to support the proposed Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983.
68th 2nd Called Session
HR 118	Caption: Commending Representative Walter Martinez.
67th Regular Session
HB 393	Last Action: Committee laid on table subject to call Caption: Relating to providing minimum compensation for inmates in work while incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections; creating a work incentive fund; providing for funding of the victim compensation fund.
HB 617	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to proceedings before the State Commission on Judicial Conduct.
HB 719	Last Action: Laid on the table subject to call Caption: Relating to the authority of certain public officers to carry handguns.
HB 1202	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the receiving of prisoners in county jails tendered by the United States Marshal or his deputy.
HB 1203	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the right of an individual to communicate in any language.
HB 1204	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the compensation of members of the governing bodies of certain cities.
HB 1285	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the exercise by attorneys at law of authority now exercised by notaries public.
HB 1286	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to deposits required by municipal corporations and other entities for installing certain services.
HB 1348	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to county and municipal funding of criminal justice programs.
HB 1437	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the survival of cause of action in all cases of injury under the Workers' Compensation Law.
HB 1441	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the mandatory issuance of a written notice to appear in court for a traffic violation.
HB 1892	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to the requisites of an indictment.
HB 1893	Last Action: Committee report printed and sent to Committee on Calendars Caption: Relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders.
HB 1962	Last Action: No action taken Caption: Relating to the authority of parole officers to carry handguns.
HCR 163	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Commending Raul Jimenez, Sr. for his outstanding business and professional achievements.
HJR 106	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Constitutional Amendments Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the ineligibility of members of the Legislature for other offices.
66th Regular Session
HB 492	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs Caption: Relating to deposits required by municipal corporations and other entities for installing certain services.
HB 680	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to punishment of habitual offenders.
HB 681	Last Action: Posting rule suspended Caption: Relating to the right of an individual to communicate in any language.
HB 1073	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to notice of cancellation of voter registration.
HB 1074	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to providing minimum compensation for inmates engaged in work while incarcerated in the Texas Department of Corrections; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1080	Last Action: Coauthor authorized Caption: Relating to the exercise by attorneys at law of authority now exercised by notaries public; providing severability; declaring an emergency.
HB 1083	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the offense of theft, clarifying ambiguities and inconsistencies, re-enacting subdivision.
HB 1084	Last Action: Placed on daily General State Calendar Caption: Relating to conduct which is of lewd, immoral, or offensive to public decency or which is vulgar, indecent or profane; defining such conduct.
HB 1085	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to new trials granted on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence.
HB 1086	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the procedure to be followed by the trial court whenever the record is supplemented or modified in any respect in order that it may speak the truth, and to the attendance of the defendant at a hearing on such matters.
HB 1192	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to reinstatement of service credit in the Texas County and District Retirement System.
HB 1319	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to a change of venue granted on motion of defendant.
HB 1606	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the exercise by attorneys at law of authority now exercised by notaries public; providing for severability.
HB 2118	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to spiritual advisors for persons on death row.
HB 2165	Last Action: Vetoed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the authority of the county court and justice courts to order detention of a child for wilful violation of the compulsory school attendance law; declaring an emergency.
65th Regular Session
HB 140	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to deposits and interest on deposits for certain utility services.
HB 375	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the selection and terms of members of municipal utility boards in certain counties.
HB 376	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain uses of a polygraph examination; and declaring an emergency.
HB 568	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to reformation of the penalty in a capital case when the Court of Criminal Appeals is divided.
HB 913	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to capital murder by a peace officer of an individual under arrest.
HB 963	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to venue in suits on policies against a company authorized to operate in this state that issues policies covering losses or damages to motor vehicles.
HB 964	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to the authority's fees in a suit by an insured against his insurer under uninsured motorist coverage.
HB 1239	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to venue in negligence cases.
HB 1240	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting Caption: Relating to mandatory workmen's compensation insurance; providing penalties.
HB 1241	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to paid vacation and sick leave for employees in private industry.
HB 1371	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to officers exempt from the coverage of civil service in certain counties.
HB 1571	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to the election of the board of trustees of certain junior college districts.
HB 1572	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to the practice of law by certain retired judges.
HB 1573	Last Action: Assigned to Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to authorizing certain organizations to establish branches or chapters among inmates at penal institutions.
HB 1656	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Insurance Caption: Relating to pamphlets and brochures explaining certain liability insurance coverage.
HB 1759	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Workmen's Compensation Caption: Relating to suits against employers who are not subscribers to workmen's compensation.
HB 2071	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.
64th Regular Session
HB 142	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations Caption: Relating to the selection and terms of members of municipal utility boards in certain cities.
HB 540	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the exercise by attorneys at law of authority now exercised by notaries public.
HB 541	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Elections Caption: Increasing the distance within which electioneering or loitering near polling places for elections is prohibited.
HB 711	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Public Education Caption: Relating to the compensation of members of the State Board of Education.
HB 712	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to eliminating the requirement of the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a suit in which the termination of the parent-child relationship is sought.
HB 753	Last Action: Considered by committee in public hearing Caption: Relating to venue in negligence suits.
HB 875	Last Action: Referred to Subcommittee on Correctional Institutions Caption: Authorizing the Texas Department of Corrections to grant temporary furloughs to inmates to obtain medical treatment and to aid in their rehabilitation.
HB 876	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to mail privileges of inmates of the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 885	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee with substitute Caption: Eliminating certain regulations applicable to Mixed Beverage Permittees.
HB 886	Last Action: Considered by subcommittee in public hearing Caption: Relating to deposits required by municipal corporations and other entities for installing certain services.
HB 887	Last Action: Effective in 90 days Caption: Relating to credit for service in the armed forces for purposes of judicial retirement.
HB 894	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the election of members of the governing bodies of certain cities.
HB 904	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the revocation or modification of parole.
HB 905	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to arrests for violations of the Liquor Control Act.
HB 1046	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the provision of places in certain courthouses for justices of the peace.
HB 1047	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judicial Affairs Caption: Relating to a court administrator system for certain district courts.
HB 1048	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to certain prerequisites to making property improvement loans.
HB 1166	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to the adoption of a child in certain circumstances without a prior termination of the parent-child relationship.
HB 1169	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain uses of a polygraph examination.
HB 1290	Last Action: Reported from committee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to commutation of time for good conduct, industry, and obedience on the part of a prisoner in actual or constructive custody of the Texas Department of Corrections.
HB 1461	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the compensation of members of the governing bodies of certain cities.
HB 1462	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the prohibition of certain uses of a polygraph examination.
HB 1604	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary Caption: Relating to damages in an action for wrongful death.
HB 1605	Last Action: Reported from subcommittee favorably without amendments Caption: Relating to the prohibition of the exercise of supervisory authority by an inmate in the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections or of a jail of this state.
HB 2005	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to penalties for certain repeat and habitual felony offenders.
HR 163	Caption: Commending Congressman Henry B. Gonzalez.
63rd Regular Session
HB 475	Last Action: Committee hearing notice posted Caption: Requiring that the members of the city council, the governing body of the city of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, be elected from single-member districts; and declaring an emergency.
HB 746	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to deposits required by municipal corporations and other entities for installing certain services.
HB 829	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to tuition equalization grants for students of certain private secondary schools and making an appropriation; providing for severability.
HB 872	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to the salary of the Criminal District Attorney of Bexar County.
HB 933	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the establishment and operation of a pretrial intervention program in counties with a population in excess of 750,000; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1055	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to unemployment compensation benefits.
HB 1056	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to supervisory authority of inmates in the custody of the Texas Department of Corrections or any jail in the state.
HB 1258	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Liquor Regulation Caption: Relating to arrests for violations of the Texas Liquor Control Act and eliminating certain regulations applicable to Mixed Beverage Permittees.
HB 1259	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Relating to the exercise by attorneys at law of authority now exercised by notaries public; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1260	Last Action: Referred to subcommittee Caption: Relating to the clerks and bailiffs of the district courts of Bexar County; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1261	Last Action: Sent to Calendar Committee Caption: Relating to bailiffs in counties with nine or more district courts.
HB 1295	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to health maintenance organizations and related community health organizations.
HB 1296	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the election of city council of certain cities from single-member districts; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1297	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts from single-member subdistricts.
HB 1298	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Requiring that the members of the Board of Trustees, same being the Board of Education, governing body of the San Antonio Independent School District, be elected from single-member districts; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1299	Last Action: Subcommittee hearing date Caption: Relating to election of trustees of certain union junior college districts from single-member subdistricts.
HB 1300	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Requiring that the members of the Board of Trustees, the governing body of San Antonio Union Junior College District, be elected from single-member districts; and declaring an emergency.
HB 1304	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Relating to the regulation and taxation of certain coin-operated machines.
HB 1415	Last Action: Signed by the Governor Caption: Relating to tampering with the odometer on a motor vehicle; providing a penalty.
HB 1416	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to the supplemental compensation of district judges in certain counties.
HB 1417	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Administration Caption: Relating to the salaries of certain county officials in certain counties.
HB 1418	Last Action: Committee hearing date Caption: Relating to bailiffs and clerks of certain courts in certain counties.
HB 1597	Last Action: Referred to Committee on Labor Caption: Relating to participation in firemen's and poicemen's pension funds in certain cities; amending Section 7(c), Chapter 105, Acts of the 47th Legislature, Regular Session, 1941, as amended (Article 6243f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency.
HB 1598	Last Action: Reported favorably Caption: Relating to the mandatory issuance of a written notice to appear in court for a speeding violation; amending Subsection (a), Section 148, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, as amended (Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); and declaring an emergency.
HCR 51	Last Action: Referred to Committee on State Affairs Caption: Requesting the Attorney General of this State of Texas to move for the dismissal of the appeal in Rodrigues et al. vs. the San Antonio Independent School District and to withdraw said appeal now pending in the United States appellate court system and the United States Supreme Court.