Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Sen. Juan Hinojosa
80th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/6/2024

Number of Bills: 40

SB 9 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Branch | Madden
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the disclosure or dissemination of criminal history record information, child abuse investigation reports, and school district audit working papers for certain purposes, including the certification and employment of educators and other public school employees who engage in certain misconduct.

SB 12 Author: Averitt
Coauthor: Ellis | Hinojosa
Sponsor: Bonnen | Giddings | Branch
Last Action: 06/08/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to programs for the enhancement of air quality, including energy efficiency standards in state purchasing and energy consumption; providing penalties.

SB 44 Author: Nelson | Shapiro
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Hinojosa
Sponsor: Gonzalez Toureilles
Last Action: 05/17/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
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.

SB 50 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Uresti | Hinojosa | Carona | Seliger | Van de Putte | et al.
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to early childhood education.

SB 65 Author: Zaffirini
Coauthor: Hinojosa | West, Royce | Watson | Uresti | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action: 01/23/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to reconstituting the system benefit fund as a trust fund and to uses of the fund.

SB 100 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 04/10/2007 S Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to stabilizing the amount of tuition charged to certain residents of this state by general academic teaching institutions.

SB 102 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Wentworth
Last Action: 01/29/2007 S Referred to Administration
Caption: Relating to requiring a record vote by each house or committee of the legislature on bills, proposed constitutional amendments, amendments to bills and proposed constitutional amendments, and certain other actions and to public notice of the record vote.

SB 105 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Hegar | Estes | Deuell | Carona | Eltife | et al.
Sponsor: Branch | Giddings
Last Action: 05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.

SB 127 Author: Shapleigh
Coauthor: Wentworth | Uresti | Van de Putte | Seliger | Fraser | et al.
Sponsor: Crownover
Last Action: 05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the Communities In Schools program.

SB 149 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Shapiro | Hinojosa
Last Action: 03/21/2007 S Withdrawn from schedule
Caption: Relating to noncompetition provisions in contracts for the acquisition, design, construction, financing, maintenance, or operation of a toll project.

SB 156 Author: Shapiro
Coauthor: Uresti | Deuell | Carona | Nelson | Williams | et al.
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.

SB 168 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Carona | Hinojosa | West, Royce | Watson
Sponsor: Flores
Last Action: 05/22/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the State Bar of Texas fee to provide legal services to the indigent.

SB 222 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Thompson | Castro
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to a security freeze on a consumer file maintained by a consumer reporting agency.

SB 247 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Estes | Lucio | Seliger | Shapiro | Shapleigh | et al.
Sponsor: Van Arsdale | Flynn | Rose | Giddings | McClendon
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Sudan.

SB 252 Author: Estes
Coauthor: Averitt | Brimer | Deuell | Hegar | Hinojosa | et al.
Last Action: 01/30/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.

SB 286 Author: Watson
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Van de Putte | Seliger
Last Action: 03/21/2007 S Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
Caption: Relating to the establishment of a home-delivered meal grant program in the Department of Agriculture.

SB 338 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Lucio | Harris | Hinojosa | Janek | Uresti | et al.
Sponsor: Eissler
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to carbon monoxide alarms and smoke detectors in certain residential dwellings.

SB 368 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Zaffirini | Uresti | Janek | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the elimination of smoking in all workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

SB 517 Author: Janek
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 03/26/2007 S No action taken in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for certain police officers enrolled in criminal justice or law enforcement management-related coursework.

SB 563 Author: Ogden
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to assistance by the attorney general in the prosecution of certain offenses involving the use, unlawful appropriation, or misapplication of state property or unlawful conduct in certain state-funded facilities or on other state property; providing a criminal penalty.

SB 698 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 04/18/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 18 2007 4:30PM
Caption: Relating to the adoption of a salary career ladder for parole officers.

SB 807 Author: Whitmire
Coauthor: Nelson | Brimer | Van de Putte | Hegar | Shapiro | et al.
Last Action: 04/10/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 10 2007 12:52PM
Caption: Relating to the punishment for and prevention of the offense of burglary of vehicles.

SB 840 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Kolkhorst
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to professional development institutes for public school teachers and paraprofessionals regarding education of students with disabilities.

SB 966 Author: Ellis | Duncan
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Van Arsdale | Pena
Last Action: 05/21/2007 H Point of order sustained
Caption: Relating to a qualified privilege of a journalist not to testify.

SB 1058 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Hinojosa
Sponsor: Noriega, Rick | Merritt | Escobar | Raymond | Hodge
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to reintegration counseling services and related resources for military servicemembers.

SB 1162 Author: Estes
Coauthor: Harris | Hinojosa | Lucio | Brimer | Nelson
Last Action: 04/26/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the ad valorem tax situs of certain portable drilling rigs and associated equipment.

SB 1176 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Lucio | Watson | Shapleigh | Uresti | Whitmire | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2007 S Left pending in subcommittee
Caption: Relating to a requirement that a full TEXAS grant be awarded to each eligible applicant in an academic year.

SB 1289 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 03/19/2007 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to a study of alternatives to the juvenile justice system for children who engage in acts of prostitution.

SB 1295 Author: West, Royce
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor: Dutton
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the establishment of community-based programs administered by the juvenile boards of certain counties.

SB 1764 Author: Uresti
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Van de Putte
Last Action: 05/21/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to a pilot program to facilitate food stamp program outreach efforts and eligibility determination processes.

SB 1855 Author: Gallegos
Coauthor: Ellis | Hinojosa | Whitmire
Last Action: 04/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of toxic hotspots under the Texas Clean Air Act.

SB 1909 Author: Ellis | Carona | Deuell
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Whitmire | Hegar | West, Royce | Van de Putte
Sponsor: Madden
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses and to a person's eligibility for an order of nondisclosure following a term of community supervision for any of those offenses.

SB 1924 Author: Gallegos
Coauthor: Ellis | Hinojosa | Whitmire
Sponsor: Thompson | Hernandez
Last Action: 05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the establishment of an air pollutant watch list and associated reports for the purpose of controlling the emissions of air contaminants under the Texas Clean Air Act.

SB 1956 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Eltife | Hinojosa
Sponsor: Corte, Frank
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to assistance for local areas affected by defense restructuring.

SB 2027 Author: Shapleigh
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Guillen
Last Action: 05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption: Relating to a border crossing initiative and issuance of an enhanced driver's license or personal identification certificate by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

SCR 49 Author: Ellis
Coauthor: Gallegos | Wentworth | Hinojosa | Whitmire
Last Action: 05/14/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption: Granting certain persons permission to sue the State of Texas and the Texas Youth Commission.

SJR 7 Author: Carona
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Wentworth
Last Action: 01/29/2007 S Referred to Administration
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to require a house or committee of the legislature to take a record vote on certain legislative measures and actions and to provide for public access to those record votes.

SJR 20 Author: Lucio
Coauthor: Hinojosa
Sponsor: Chavez | King, Tracy | Guillen | Herrero | Lucio III
Last Action: 05/17/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board to provide assistance to economically distressed areas.

SJR 28 Author: Wentworth
Coauthor: Brimer | Duncan | Eltife | Hinojosa | Lucio | et al.
Last Action: 03/06/2007 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

SR 263 Author: Van de Putte
Coauthor: Hinojosa | Uresti
Last Action: 02/19/2007 S Reported enrolled
Caption: Honoring the Texas veterans who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima during the Pacific campaign of World War II.

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