Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 38
Author:
Kolkhorst | Creighton | Zerwas | Schwertner | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/24/2011 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the Interstate Health Care Compact.
Author:
Thompson | Jackson, Jim | Madden | Harless | Menendez
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.
Last Action:
04/07/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of those offenses.
Author:
Darby | Geren | Anderson, Rodney | Pitts | Menendez
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Aycock | Beck | Bohac | Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting certain private transfer fees and the preservation of private real property rights; providing penalties.
Author:
Branch | Howard, Donna | Hunter | Aycock | Villarreal
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Bohac | Button | et al.
Last Action:
04/20/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.
Author:
Cook | Hilderbran | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Lozano
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | et al.
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
05/28/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to reports filed with the comptroller regarding certain alcoholic beverage sales; providing a penalty.
Author:
Miller, Sid | Callegari | Harless | Kolkhorst | Patrick, Diane
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/19/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to informed consent to an abortion.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Burkett | Branch | Bohac | Patrick, Diane
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Button | Carter | Christian | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the cancellation of the voter registration and to the eligibility to vote of persons who are deceased or not citizens of the United States.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Flynn | Creighton | Hochberg | Pitts
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/17/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.
Author:
Phillips | Schwertner
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of "Choose Life" license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
Author:
Creighton | Aliseda | Kleinschmidt | Jackson, Jim | Sheets
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/30/2011 E Effective on 9/1/11
Caption:
Relating to the reform of certain remedies and procedures in civil actions and family law matters.
Author:
Shelton | Kolkhorst | Schwertner | Zerwas | Creighton
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Beck | Bohac | Button | Carter | et al.
Sponsor:
Birdwell
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to implementation and requirements of certain health care reform laws.
Author:
Eissler | Aycock | Crownover | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Garza
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | Branch | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to flexibility for public schools to administer primary and secondary education efficiently.
Author:
Craddick | Callegari | Rodriguez, Eddie | McClendon | Davis, Yvonne
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Burnam | Christian | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
03/22/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of activities with respect to certain extensions of consumer credit.
Author:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Farias | Carter | Miller, Sid
Coauthor:
Beck | Berman | Brown | Cook | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/13/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran.
Author:
Eissler | Aycock | Guillen | Shelton
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
05/17/2011 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to state-adopted assessment instruments administered to public school students.
Author:
Kleinschmidt | Hardcastle | Guillen | Fletcher | Geren
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2011 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to an employee's transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee's employer.
Author:
Huberty | Eissler | Driver | Creighton | Geren
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
05/06/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns by certain persons attending a school board meeting.
Author:
Driver | Miller, Sid | Hancock | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of concealed handguns on certain premises of or locations associated with schools or institutions of higher education.
Author:
Lewis | Aliseda | Branch | Harless | Pena
Coauthor:
Bohac | Carter | Davis, John | Driver | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
05/16/2011 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.
Author:
Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Huffman
Last Action:
05/18/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror.
Author:
Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to prosecution and punishment for the offense of official oppression by the intrusive touching of persons seeking access to public buildings and transportation; providing penalties.
Author:
Simpson | Rodriguez, Eddie | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of body imaging scanning equipment in airports; providing criminal and civil penalties.
Author:
Coleman | Woolley | Turner | Callegari | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bohac | Creighton | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
03/23/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the distribution of money appropriated from the national research university fund.
Author:
Lyne
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Cook | Creighton | Darby | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/20/2011 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the taxation and titling of certain off-road vehicles.
Author:
Lavender | Beck | Burkett | Hughes
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Rodney | Berman | Brown | Cain | et al.
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Effective on 1/1/12
Caption:
Relating to exempting the intrastate manufacture of certain incandescent light bulbs from federal regulation.
Author:
Brown | Burkett | Phillips | Madden | Raymond
Coauthor:
Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Bonnen | Cain | Chisum | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
05/12/2011 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a suit for possession of or access to a child by a grandparent.
Author:
Chisum | Pena | Harless | Keffer
Coauthor:
Brown | Burkett | Davis, John | Eissler | Geren | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2011 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition against the knowing employment of unauthorized foreign nationals and to a biennial report regarding reported violations.
Author:
Creighton | Raymond | Pitts | Truitt | Pena
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the United States Constitution providing for a federal balanced budget.
Author:
Creighton | Taylor, Larry | Gonzales, Larry | Bonnen | Hilderbran
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
05/25/2011 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist from certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/20/2011 S Received from the House
Caption:
Urging the United States Congress to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases for stationary sources.
Author:
Simpson | Menendez | Kolkhorst | Chisum
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Beck | Berman | Burnam | Cain | et al.
Last Action:
04/27/2011 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Expressing strong opposition to unwarranted and unreasonable searches of air passengers by the Transportation Security Administration and urging the administration to cease such searches immediately.
Author:
Thompson | Geren
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/17/2011 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Edmund Kuempel of Seguin.
Author:
Legler | Deshotel | Torres | Bonnen | Ritter
Coauthor:
Davis, John | Weber
Last Action:
03/01/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of the assets of certain associations established by the legislature of this state for the purpose of providing certain insurance coverage.
Author:
Hughes | Carter | Sheffield | Callegari
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2011 H Left pending in committee
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.
Author:
Solomons | Callegari | King, Susan | Kolkhorst | Truitt
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Anchia | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | Anderson, Rodney | Beck | et al.
Last Action:
04/21/2011 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to restrict the power of the legislature to mandate requirements on local governments.
Author:
Creighton | Taylor, Larry
Coauthor:
Aliseda | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown | Cook | et al.
Last Action:
03/03/2011 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.
Author:
Patrick, Diane
Coauthor:
Davis, John | Davis, Sarah | Eiland | Hancock | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
02/02/2011 H Reported enrolled: Feb 2 2011 8:04AM
Caption:
Recognizing February 1, 2011, as Baylor Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Farias | Coleman | Anderson, Charles "Doc" | McClendon | Gallego
Coauthor:
Allen | Burkett | Davis, John | Davis, Yvonne | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2011 H Reported enrolled: May 5 2011 9:40AM
Caption:
Commending President Barack Obama, intelligence personnel, and members of the armed forces for the successful completion of their operation.