Legislation authored by Rhetta Bowers

Includes legislation with Rhetta Bowers as the primary author for the 86th 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 392	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to discrimination on the basis of hair texture or protective hairstyle associated with race.
HB 1260	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to a study on the feasibility of establishing a centralized homelessness crisis response data system.
HB 1262	Last Action: Placed on intent calendar Caption: Relating to education and training for peace officers on interacting with certain persons.
HB 2103	Last Action: Received from the House Caption: Relating to the authority of certain water planning entities to hold an open or closed meeting by telephone conference call or videoconference call.
HB 2710	Last Action: Removed from local & uncontested calendar Caption: Relating to an exemption to the cancellation of a water right for nonuse.
HB 3336	Last Action: Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. Caption: Relating to the confiscation of packaged, unopened fireworks by a municipality that regulates fireworks.
HB 3337	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to signage displayed by a retail fireworks permit holder in certain populous counties.
HB 3338	Last Action: Referred to Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to activities the tolerance of which may constitute maintenance of a common nuisance.
HB 3342	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the definition of illegal fireworks.
HB 3619	Last Action: Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Caption: Relating to the criteria considered by groundwater conservation districts before granting or denying a permit.
HR 280	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating twin sisters LaTonya and LaToya Harris on graduating at the top of their class in high school and in their doctoral program.
HR 281	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Evan C. Walker of the U.S. Military Academy on her selection as a 2021 Rhodes Scholar.
HR 517	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: In memory of former Garland ISD athletic director Homer B. Johnson.
HR 2010	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Torrey Rhone on becoming the first African American to serve at the rank of sergeant as a member of the Mesquite Police Department.
86th Regular Session
HB 1855	Last Action: Placed on General State Calendar Caption: Relating to restrictions on hours of employment for children; creating criminal offenses.
HB 2027	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to information regarding the procedures and available resources for the sealing of juvenile records.
HB 2405	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to education and training for peace officers regarding trauma-informed techniques to facilitate interactions with homeless individuals.
HB 2433	Last Action: Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Caption: Relating to enrollment of certain retirees in the Texas Public School Employees Group Insurance Program.
HB 2501	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to the ability of a nonexempt employee to participate in certain academic, extracurricular, and developmental activities of the employee's child.
HB 2559	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to the issuance of a summons for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision.
HB 3121	Last Action: Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar Caption: Relating to an interim study of suits affecting the parent-child relationship in cases involving abuse and other harmful conduct engaged in by a party.
HB 3138	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to reporting of incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking on state property.
HB 3139	Last Action: Committee report sent to Calendars Caption: Relating to service of a notice of a temporary ex parte protective order.
HB 3178	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to an interim house study regarding retrospective denial by health benefit plans of health benefit claims for emergency care.
HB 3180	Last Action: Left pending in committee Caption: Relating to the establishment of a centralized homelessness crisis response data system.
HB 3303	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice Caption: Relating to certain procedures involving a violation of a condition of community supervision committed by a defendant who is the sole caretaker of a child.
HB 3435	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to establishing and celebrating Texas Girls in STEM Day.
HB 4133	Last Action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Caption: Relating to the expunction of records and files relating to a person's arrest.
HB 4742	Last Action: Effective immediately Caption: Relating to the creation of the SoGood Cedars Municipal Management District; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments and fees.
HR 212	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Commending Elizabeth Nyore of Rowlett for providing comfort to an injured police officer.
HR 1173	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Recognizing April 11, 2019, as Sunnyvale Day at the State Capitol.
HR 1467	Last Action: Reported enrolled Caption: Congratulating Ikenna Okoro on graduating from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law.