Legislation authored by Briscoe Cain

Includes legislation with Briscoe Cain as the primary author for the 85th through 87th Legislatures. For other types of authorship, search the Legislative Archive System. Author information is not available for the 87th Legislature.

87th Regular Session
HB 329	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to election integrity.
HB 330	Last Action: Withdrawn from schedule Caption: Relating to elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
HB 335	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
HB 336	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibiting the recognition and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.
HB 340	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the governor's power to control the sale, dispensing, transportation, storage, and use of alcoholic beverages, ammunition, explosives, combustibles, and weapons during a declared state of disaster or state of emergency.
HB 343	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB 364	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the establishment of the Department of Public Safety as a voter registration agency.
HB 753	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to municipal solid waste management services contracts; limiting the amount of a fee.
HB 754	Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to certain municipal requirements imposed on a landlord of a dwelling or a multiunit complex.
HB 1136	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education.
HB 1137	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to limiting the assessment of certain fees and taxes during a declared state of disaster.
HB 1421	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to the temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of a portion of the appraised value of certain property damaged by a disaster.
HB 1865	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to encouraging economic development through preferences for residents of this state and certain goods or services manufactured in this state and offered for sale by Texas bidders.
HB 2434	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the governing body and employees of the independent organization certified to manage the ERCOT power region.
HB 2435	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the imposition of tolls on Fairmont Parkway in Harris County.
HB 2775	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to electricity service provided by certain municipally owned utilities.
HB 3314	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to toll collection and enforcement by toll project entities; authorizing an administrative fee; imposing a civil penalty.
HB 3614	Last Action: Referred to Finance Caption: Relating to a biennial report on state lending and credit support programs.
HB 3645	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the elements of illegal voting; clarifying a criminal offense.
HB 3940	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
HB 4028	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to training for county election officers.
HB 4044	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a registrar's failure to cancel voter registrations under applicable law.
HB 4446	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to a program to provide certain children with character development opportunities, career advancement assistance, and access to certain extracurricular and wellness services.
HB 4498	Last Action: Reported favorably as substituted Caption: Relating to compliance with the National Voter Registration Act.
HB 4503	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to municipal or county authority to prohibit the use of natural gas utility service in a building.
HB 4521	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the establishment of the District of Austin as the seat of state government.
HB 4539	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to the prohibition of tolls on portions of State Highway 146 and State Highway 99.
HB 4541	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to providing a person taken into custody for emergency detention with information concerning the person's rights.
HB 4543	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to firm names used by licensed attorneys.
HB 4554	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to the designation of Dr Pepper as the state soft drink.
HB 4669	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the boundaries of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 70.
HJR 130	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the state from expanding eligibility for Medicaid under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
HJR 162	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment allowing the legislature to establish a special district to be the seat of state government.
HR 879	Last Action: Referred to House Administration Caption: Deactivating House Rule 16, Sections 8 and 14.
HR 2007	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 7.
87th 1st Called Session
HB 20	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to complaint procedures and disclosure requirements for and censorship of users' expressions by social media platforms.
87th 2nd Called Session
HB 20	Last Action: Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caption: Relating to censorship of or certain other interference with digital expression, including expression on social media platforms or through electronic mail messages.
HB 187	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to provide a guaranteed universal basic income.
HR 97	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of H Scott Apley of Dickinson.
HR 132	Last Action: Filed Caption: Impeaching and suspending from office Judge Chris Morton, Judge of the 230th Judicial District.
87th 3rd Called Session
HB 109	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to exemptions from certain vaccination requirements.
HB 129	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the sunset review date for the State Bar of Texas.
HB 153	Last Action: Filed Caption: Relating to the use of a high occupancy vehicle lane by an operator of a motor vehicle who is pregnant.
HR 13	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Granting permission for use of the house chamber by the Grand Lodge of Texas on October 2, 2021, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
86th Regular Session
HB 295	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to designating March 30 as Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Dunbar Day.
HB 365	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to holding elections on uniform election dates.
HB 367	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to students by public institutions of higher education.
HB 368	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising.
HB 369	Last Action: Effective on 9/1/19 Caption: Relating to jurisdiction in a suit for adoption of a child and the mandatory transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship to the court in which a suit for adoption is pending.
HB 370	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to recovery of attorney's fees in certain civil cases.
HB 1500	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to prohibiting abortions after detection of an unborn child's heartbeat and to requirements for performing or inducing an abortion; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
HB 1579	Last Action: Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security Caption: Relating to the definition of first responder for immunization purposes.
HB 2100	Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.
HB 3135	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain offenses involving material or conduct that is obscene or otherwise harmful to children.
HB 3136	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to carrying a weapon on the premises of a government court or offices utilized by the court.
HB 4359	Last Action: Referred to Urban Affairs Caption: Relating to access to criminal history record information by certain fire departments.
HB 4363	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to an increase in the state sales and use tax rate for the purpose of reducing school district maintenance and operations ad valorem taxes and a study of additional changes to the rate and application of the state sales and use tax for that same purpose; increasing the rate of a tax.
HB 4364	Last Action: Referred to Human Services Caption: Relating to prohibiting the purchase of certain food and drink items under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB 4399	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to the standard service retirement annuity for certain members of the elected class of the Employees Retirement System of Texas.
HB 4401	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.
HB 4402	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
HB 4403	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to election integrity.
HB 4406	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
HB 4407	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibited state contracts with vendors that perform elective abortions, destructive embryonic stem cell research, or human cloning or that conduct research on human fetal tissue.
HB 4410	Last Action: Referred to County Affairs Caption: Relating to authority of counties and municipalities to limit the photography of critical infrastructure.
HB 4439	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to the qualification of certain candidates for placement on the ballot.
HB 4447	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to public inspection of early voting rosters.
HB 4500	Last Action: Referred to Elections Caption: Relating to cancellation of all voter registrations following decennial redistricting.
HB 4512	Last Action: Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Caption: Relating to the rights of persons relating to a marriage that violates a sincerely held religious belief.
HJR 103	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring certain tax bills to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
HJR 138	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding limits on the rate of growth of spending by the state and certain political subdivisions of the state.
HR 617	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing February 16, 2019, as Texas Homemade Pie Day.
HR 745	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Melissa Martin of Deer Park on her gubernatorial appointment to the Texas Juvenile Justice Board.
HR 746	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Tom Butler of Deer Park on his reappointment to the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation.
HR 935	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing March 26, 2019, as La Porte Day at the State Capitol.
HR 936	Last Action: Filed Caption: Recognizing March 26, 2019, as Deer Park Day at the State Capitol.
HR 1261	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating San Jacinto Day.
HR 1393	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 2019 as Autism Awareness Month.
HR 1558	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating San Jacinto College on being selected as one of the top 10 community colleges in the country by the Aspen Institute.
HR 1600	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the members of the Texas Young Republican Federation on the occasion of their legislative day at the State Capitol.
HR 1601	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the commitment of the Texas Young Republican Federation Policy Committee during the 86th Legislative Session.
85th Regular Session
HB 1004	Last Action: Referred to General Investigating & Ethics Caption: Relating to the use of legislatively produced audio or visual materials in political advertising.
HB 1344	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to protection for reporting the existence of certain immigration policies of a governmental entity.
HB 1348	Last Action: Referred to Public Health Caption: Relating to the authority of a county or municipality to adopt or enforce a smoking ban on the premises of certain businesses.
HB 1350	Last Action: Referred to Transportation Caption: Relating to pedestrian use of a sidewalk.
HB 1366	Last Action: Referred to Public Education Caption: Relating to the elimination of the taxing authority of certain county boards of education and boards of county school trustees.
HB 1912	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the Texas Medal for the Defense of Freedom award.
HB 1914	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
HB 1915	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of possessing a weapon in certain prohibited places associated with schools or educational institutions.
HB 2294	Last Action: Transferred to Calendars Committee Caption: Relating to jurisdiction in a suit for adoption of a child and the mandatory transfer of certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship to the court in which a suit for adoption is pending.
HB 2527	Last Action: Referred to Higher Education Caption: Relating to the protection of expressive activities at public institutions of higher education.
HB 2693	Last Action: Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety Caption: Relating to access to criminal history record information by certain fire departments.
HB 3135	Last Action: Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the authority of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to discipline judges.
HB 3542	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment from a pregnant patient; affecting the prosecution of a criminal offense.
HB 3544	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibited state contracts with vendors that perform elective abortions, destructive embryonic stem cell research, or human cloning or that conduct research on human fetal tissue.
HB 4097	Last Action: Referred to State Affairs Caption: Relating to prohibition of certain regulations by a county, municipality, or other political subdivision.
HB 4109	Last Action: Referred to Ways & Means Caption: Relating to reducing the limitation on the maximum amount of gross receipts taxes collected for combative sports events.
HCR 109	Last Action: Referred to Culture, Recreation & Tourism Caption: Designating the third week of September as Towing Industry Awareness Week for a 10-year period beginning in 2017.
HJR 80	Last Action: Referred to State & Federal Power & Responsibility, Select Caption: Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the terms of office of members of Congress.
HR 374	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating Texas Homemade Pie Day on February 16, 2017.
HR 453	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Mendoza Debate Society at Lee College for winning the 2016 IPDA National Community College Debate Championship.
HR 457	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Goose Creek CISD students who won awards at the 2016 National History Day competition.
HR 822	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Nelly and Mariselle Quijano and their McDonald's teams on being named 2017 Business of the Year by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.
HR 1203	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in Crosby.
HR 1204	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in Highlands.
HR 1205	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in Baytown.
HR 1206	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in Morgan's Point.
HR 1207	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in La Porte.
HR 1208	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in Deer Park.
HR 1209	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the 2017 National Night Out Against Crime in Pasadena.
HR 1860	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating the Team Name Wanted: Dead or Alive robotics team on its 2016-2017 season.
HR 1861	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Thomas and Suzanne Fraser of Baytown on their 50th wedding anniversary.
HR 2050	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing the third week of September 2017 as Towing Industry Awareness Week.
HR 2230	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Savannah Cushman of Sea Scout Ship 208, SSS Red Skies, in Baytown on her appointment as the 2017-2018 regional boatswain for the Sea Scouts Southern Region.
HR 2260	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Linda Cottar of Baytown.
HR 2362	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the La Porte Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2429	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Baytown Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2439	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Crosby Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2629	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Deer Park Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2630	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Pasadena Lions Club on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2631	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Leo Club at Goose Creek Memorial High School on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2632	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Honoring the Leo Club at Crosby High School on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Lions Clubs International.
HR 2708	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of Myriam Silvana Chavez of Houston.
85th 1st Called Session
HB 118	Last Action: Referred to Appropriations Caption: Relating to the appropriation of certain tax proceeds for the repair, restoration, and permanent dry berthing of the Battleship "Texas."
HR 16	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating San Jacinto College on its receipt of a 2017 Rising Star Award from the Aspen Institute.
HR 17	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Shon Blake on his retirement as chief of the Baytown Fire Department.
HR 59	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the Cody Stephens "Go Big or Go Home" Memorial Foundation fund-raiser.
HR 60	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of John Anthony Crianza II of Baytown.
HR 178	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Deer Park ISD on receiving recognition in the 2017 Niche Rankings.
HR 490	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Meshaila Favard on being crowned the Pre-Teen Division winner at the 2017 Miss Juneteenth Baytown Pageant.
HR 491	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Reagan Elder on being crowned the Princess Division winner at the 2017 Miss Juneteenth Baytown Pageant.
HR 492	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Tela Terry on being crowned Miss Juneteenth-Baytown at the 2017 Miss Juneteenth Baytown Pageant.
HR 494	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commemorating the Rolling Strong kickoff fund-raising event of Wheelchairs for Warriors on September 11, 2017.