Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 46
Author:
Aycock | Deshotel | Davis, John | Villarreal | Callegari
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/10/2013 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school accountability, including assessment, and curriculum requirements; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Villarreal | Alvarado
Coauthor:
Burnam | Howard | Miles | Naishtat | White | et al.
Last Action:
02/05/2013 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to providing free full-day prekindergarten for certain children.
Author:
Larson | Burnam | Miller, Rick
Coauthor:
Cortez | Fallon | Wu
Last Action:
05/04/2013 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the reimbursement of state funds used on out-of-state travel by elected officers.
Author:
McClendon | Moody | Canales | Crownover | Leach
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Cook | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/15/2013 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions.
Author:
Murphy | Thompson, Senfronia | Smith | Coleman | Davis, Sarah
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Bohac | Callegari | Davis, John | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/16/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to liability of certain electric utilities that allow certain uses of land that the electric utility owns, occupies, or leases.
Author:
Stickland | Krause | Sheets | Pickett
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Ashby | Bell | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2013 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty.
Author:
Gonzalez, Naomi | Márquez | Moody | Pickett | González, Mary
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Ashby | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2013 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso as a component institution of the Texas Tech University System.
Author:
Crownover | Pitts | Darby | Alvarado | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Bohac | Callegari | Howard | Isaac | Patrick, Diane | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2013 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Turner, Chris
Coauthor:
Anchia | Ashby | Burnam | Johnson | Miles | et al.
Last Action:
04/22/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the retirement benefits for elected state officials.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Reynolds | Keffer | Miles | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Cortez | Gonzalez, Naomi | Moody | Muñoz, Jr. | Wu | et al.
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/25/2013 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the preference given by state agencies to goods offered by bidders in this state or manufactured, produced, or grown in this state or in the United States.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Huberty | Reynolds | Keffer | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Cortez | Wu
Last Action:
03/27/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the purchase of iron, steel, and manufactured goods made in the United States for certain state, state-aided, and governmental entity construction projects.
Author:
Howard | Guillen
Coauthor:
Burkett | Cortez | Sheffield, J. D. | Sheffield, Ralph | Wu
Last Action:
05/03/2013 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to use of compensatory education allotment funding to provide assistance with child care to students at risk of dropping out of school.
Author:
Ratliff
Coauthor:
Allen | Ashby | Burnam | Callegari | Carter | et al.
Last Action:
02/14/2013 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the first day of instruction at a public school.
Author:
Callegari | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Miller, Rick | Pickett | Riddle | Sheffield, Ralph | Stephenson | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of the Texas Center for Innovative Desalination Technology at the University of Houston in partnership with The University of Texas at El Paso.
Author:
Bell | Turner, Sylvester | Davis, John | Reynolds | Rodriguez, Eddie
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Canales | Capriglione | Collier | Creighton | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/10/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain opportunities to career and technical students by public school districts under the college credit program.
Author:
Bell | White | Allen | Dukes | Turner, Sylvester
Coauthor:
Collier | Deshotel | Dutton | Fletcher | Giddings | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to Prairie View A&M University's eligibility to participate in the research development fund.
Author:
Murphy | Harper-Brown | Ratliff | Huberty
Coauthor:
Wu
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the guarantee of refinanced open-enrollment charter school bonds by the permanent school fund.
Author:
Bell | White | Allen | Giddings | Deshotel
Coauthor:
Collier | Dukes | Dutton | Fletcher | Howard | et al.
Last Action:
04/24/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M University; authorizing an increase in the fee.
Author:
Giddings
Coauthor:
Wu
Last Action:
05/09/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of information by a school district relating to certain offenses committed by certain students.
Author:
Button | Davis, John | Rodriguez, Eddie | Branch | Vo
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Bonnen, Dennis | Capriglione | Clardy | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2013 S Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair
Caption:
Relating to a franchise tax credit for research and development activities performed in conjunction with institutions of higher education; authorizing a tax credit.
Author:
Oliveira | Branch | Canales | Guerra | Longoria
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
05/16/2013 H Senate Amendments Analysis distributed: May 16 2013 5:01PM
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a new university in South Texas within The University of Texas System.
Author:
Smith | Bohac | Allen | Harless | Guillen
Coauthor:
Fletcher | Hernandez Luna | Murphy | Riddle | Vo | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of game rooms by certain counties; providing penalties; authorizing a fee.
Author:
Parker | Raymond | Zerwas | Fallon | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Miller, Rick | Price | Simmons | Wu
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the offense of failure to report abuse or neglect of a child.
Author:
Dukes | Thompson, Senfronia | Raymond | Harless | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Aycock | Bonnen, Greg | et al.
Sponsor:
Davis
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to consideration by the court of sexual abuse and conduct that constitutes sexual assault in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.
Author:
Burnam
Coauthor:
Allen | González, Mary | Hernandez Luna | Howard | Lucio III | et al.
Last Action:
02/25/2013 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to authorizing a marriage between two persons of the same sex in this state and repealing the statutory prohibition against the recognition of a civil union or similar relationship entered into in another state between two persons of the same sex.
Author:
Button | Bohac | Gonzalez, Naomi | Paddie | Eiland
Coauthor:
Sheffield, J. D. | Wu
Sponsor:
Paxton
Last Action:
05/13/2013 S Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
Caption:
Relating to the exclusion from total revenue of the cost of certain vaccines for purposes of the franchise tax.
Author:
Keffer | Ratliff | Howard | Alonzo | King, Susan
Coauthor:
Allen | Anchia | Anderson | Ashby | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the state contribution for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Moody
Coauthor:
Wu
Last Action:
03/26/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to discovery in a criminal case.
Author:
Anchia | Rose | Keffer | Hughes | Bohac
Coauthor:
Ashby | Carter | Dale | Dutton | Eiland | et al.
Sponsor:
West
Last Action:
05/16/2013 S Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments
Caption:
Relating to a temporary exemption from ad valorem taxation of property used to collect, process, and deliver landfill-generated gas.
Author:
Turner, Chris
Coauthor:
Anchia | Burnam | Martinez, "Mando" | Walle | Wu
Last Action:
03/04/2013 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund for grants to school districts to use in improving the security of school facilities.
Author:
Turner, Chris
Coauthor:
Alvarado | Anchia | Martinez, "Mando" | Miles | Walle | et al.
Last Action:
03/05/2013 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to an appropriation of money from the economic stabilization fund to the foundation school fund for grants to school districts for the purchase of equipment for career and technology education courses.
Author:
Dale | Stickland
Coauthor:
Canales | Isaac | Lozano | Paddie | White | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Author:
Parker
Coauthor:
Miller, Rick | Simmons | Wu
Last Action:
05/09/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a municipality to regulate churches that provide overnight shelter for children.
Author:
González, Mary
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Reynolds | Wu
Last Action:
03/11/2013 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to prevention of discrimination and harassment in public schools.
Author:
González, Mary | Moody
Coauthor:
Johnson | Reynolds | Wu
Last Action:
04/30/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to removing gender restrictions in the "Romeo and Juliet" defense.
Author:
Farney | Branch | Patrick, Diane | Raney | Johnson
Coauthor:
Allen | Ashby | Bell | Bohac | Bonnen, Dennis | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a personal financial literacy credit for high school programs.
Author:
Alonzo
Coauthor:
Allen | Alvarado | Anchia | Burnam | Canales | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a Texas resident driver's permit, provisional Texas resident driver's permit, and Texas resident driver's instruction permit; authorizing fees; creating an offense.
Author:
Moody | Márquez | Capriglione
Coauthor:
Burnam | Canales | Dale | Farrar | González, Mary | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to educator financial incentives and salary contingencies based on student performance on certain assessment instruments.
Author:
Farney | Phillips | King, Susan | Pickett
Coauthor:
Allen | Ashby | Bell | Bohac | Burkett | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick
Last Action:
06/14/2013 E Effective on 9/1/13
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of Foundation School Program license plates.
Author:
Howard | Giddings | Harper-Brown | Creighton | Burnam
Coauthor:
Allen | Callegari | Collier | Davis, John | Eiland | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2013 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to authorizing the optional imposition of a county air quality fee at the time of an emissions-related inspection.
Author:
Clardy
Coauthor:
Ashby | Bell | Bonnen, Greg | Button | Canales | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
05/02/2013 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Designating Nacogdoches as the official Garden Capital of Texas.
Author:
Vo | Hilderbran | Pitts | Thompson, Senfronia | Hunter
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
05/05/2013 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Authorizing the State Preservation Board to approve and permit the construction of a monument on the Capitol grounds recognizing Vietnamese Americans for their contributions to this state and nation.
Author:
Raymond | Hilderbran | Taylor, Van | Deshotel | Branch
Coauthor:
Allen | Alonzo | Alvarado | Anchia | Anderson | et al.
Last Action:
04/29/2013 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the taxation of the sale or use of certain food and medicine.
Author:
Dale | Sheffield, Ralph | Stickland | Burnam
Coauthor:
Canales | Isaac | King, Phil | Lozano | Miller, Rick | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2013 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to rename the Railroad Commission of Texas as the Texas Energy Commission.
Author:
Raney | Aycock | Hilderbran | Dukes | Otto
Coauthor:
Anderson | Ashby | Bohac | Bonnen, Greg | Clardy | et al.
Last Action:
02/06/2013 H Reported enrolled: Feb 6 2013 6:47PM
Caption:
Honoring the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Manziel.
Author:
Raney | Kacal | Anderson
Coauthor:
Ashby | Otto | Paddie | Workman | Wu
Last Action:
02/21/2013 H Reported enrolled: Feb 21 2013 9:05AM
Caption:
Congratulating Luke Joeckel of Texas A&M University on his receipt of the 2012 Outland Trophy.