Texas Legislature
Bills Authored / Joint Authored
Rep. Joe Driver
80th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/6/2024

Number of Bills: 29

Report Sections: Authored Bills | Joint Authored Bills

Author (24):
HB 284 Author: Driver | King, Phil | Talton | Rose | Riddle
Last Action: 03/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person.

HB 486 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the continuing education requirements for chiefs of police.

HB 487 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the continuing education requirements for constables.

HB 488 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to disciplinary action by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education against certain officers elected under the Texas Constitution.

HB 565 Author: Driver
Last Action: 04/05/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to enforcement of certain vehicle weight and safety requirements by a noncommissioned employee of the Department of Public Safety.

HB 977 Author: Driver
Last Action: 05/08/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to summary destruction or summary forfeiture of controlled substance property or controlled substance plants.

HB 1235 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Averitt
Last Action: 05/18/2007 S Considered in public hearing
Caption: Relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the idling of a motor vehicle while the driver is using the vehicle's sleeper berth.

HB 1421 Author: Driver
Last Action: 02/19/2007 H Referred to Border and International Affairs
Caption: Relating to the creation and prosecution of the offense of manufacture or sale of counterfeit or gray market cigarettes.

HB 1422 Author: Driver | Latham
Last Action: 04/23/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to personnel records of commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety.

HB 1423 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption: Relating to exemption from application of the Private Security Act of certain peace officers employed by a law enforcement agency.

HB 1765 Author: Driver
Last Action: 04/05/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the responsibility of an employer in relation to a person who drives a commercial motor vehicle; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2295 Author: Driver | Eissler
Last Action: 05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a requirement that certain motor vehicle manufacturers provide key codes and other vehicle access information to registered locksmiths.

HB 2445 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to certain employment records maintained by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; providing an administrative penalty.

HB 2832 Author: Driver
Last Action: 03/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

HB 2833 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of certain private security services.

HB 3295 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the DNA samples taken from certain offenders.

HB 3296 Author: Driver
Last Action: 03/20/2007 H Referred to Law Enforcement
Caption: Relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person.

HCR 37 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 02/09/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring Mark R. Warren for his service as president of the Texas Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors.

HCR 58 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Duncan
Last Action: 03/05/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Honoring the Texas Police Chiefs Association for 50 years of service.

HCR 96 Author: Driver
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker to create a joint interim committee to study the qualifications and standards necessary to be designated a police agency and to encourage a moratorium on the statutory creation of new police agencies.

HR 1773 Author: Driver
Last Action: 05/20/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 20 2007 3:32PM
Caption: Honoring Captain Clifton H. Grumbles of San Antonio on his retirement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.

HR 2358 Author: Driver
Last Action: 05/23/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 23 2007 3:26PM
Caption: In memory of U.S. Army First Lieutenant Simon T. Cox, Jr., of Mesquite.

HR 2359 Author: Driver
Last Action: 05/23/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 23 2007 2:17PM
Caption: In memory of U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Eric J. Kruger of Garland.

HR 2863 Author: Driver
Last Action: 05/30/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 30 2007 12:02PM
Caption: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2833.

Joint Author (5):
HB 157 Author: Pickett | Driver | Giddings | Solomons | Guillen
Last Action: 04/30/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.

HB 197 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Driver | Turner | Chavez
Last Action: 04/30/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the provision of intervention or counseling services to certain persons who have committed family violence and to a process for accrediting those services.

HB 220 Author: King, Phil | Farabee | Driver | Guillen | Ritter
Last Action: 04/26/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a concealed handgun.

HB 912 Author: Naishtat | Latham | Driver
Last Action: 04/05/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to Medicaid incentive payments for direct nursing care provided by nursing homes.

HB 1258 Author: West, George "Buddy" | Driver | Christian
Last Action: 04/17/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with police service animals.

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