Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Solomon Ortiz, Jr.
80th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/5/2024

Number of Bills: 63

HB 6 Author: Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Dukes | Cook, Byron
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Last Action: 04/19/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.

HB 12 Author: Hilderbran | Guillen | Chisum | Turner | Cook, Byron
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor: Estes
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption: Relating to parks, wildlife, hunting, and historic sites; the funding, powers, and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Parks and Wildlife Commission, and the Texas Historical Commission; and standards for certain state law enforcement officers; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 14 Author: Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 06/13/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption: Relating to reorganizing certain state institutions that provide financing for cancer research, including creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, and information about certain cancer treatments; granting authority to issue bonds.

HB 75 Author: Naishtat | Turner | Hartnett
Coauthor: Brown, Betty | Gallego | Garcia | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to administrative and judicial review of certain decisions about public assistance benefits.

HB 109 Author: Turner | Davis, John | Dukes | England | Pena
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Averitt | Van de Putte
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to eligibility for and information regarding the child health plan program.

HB 161 Author: Gonzales | Escobar
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr. | Vo
Last Action: 05/02/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to providing language interpreter services to certain health care providers.

HB 197 Author: Gonzalez Toureilles | Driver | Turner | Chavez
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Bolton | Cohen | Escobar | et al.
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
Coauthor: Berman | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crabb | Herrero | et al.
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 284 Author: Driver | King, Phil | Talton | Rose | Riddle
Coauthor: Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.
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 285 Author: Herrero | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Hilderbran | Turner
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to a consumer debt owed by certain military personnel called to active duty.

HB 375 Author: Anchia | Heflin | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Bohac | Frost | Garcia | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
Last Action: 04/12/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the development of a state strategy for increasing the availability of low-emission automotive fuels for Texas drivers.

HB 424 Author: Madden | Dukes | Hartnett | Delisi | Naishtat
Coauthor: Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Cohen | et al.
Last Action: 05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.

HB 454 Author: Rodriguez | Dutton | Keffer, Jim | Leibowitz
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/15/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption: Relating to a study of methods to increase public school student participation in the national school breakfast program and school district participation in a special assistance provision of the national free or reduced-price breakfast or lunch program.

HB 551 Author: Turner | Bonnen | Giddings | Bohac | Homer
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action: 05/01/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption: Relating to the system benefit fund and to eligibility for and enrollment for benefits provided under the system benefit fund programs.

HB 569 Author: Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando" | Escobar | Lucio III
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Bolton | Cohen | Coleman | et al.
Last Action: 04/16/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the creation of an address confidentiality program to assist victims of family violence, sexual assault, or stalking in maintaining confidential addresses.

HB 667 Author: Van Arsdale | Flynn | Rose | Giddings | McClendon
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Last Action: 02/06/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments
Caption: Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Sudan.

HB 856 Author: McClendon
Coauthor: Miles | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 02/08/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption: Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.

HB 865 Author: Davis, Yvonne | Goolsby | Thompson | Naishtat
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Farabee | Farrar | et al.
Last Action: 03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.

HB 1034 Author: Riddle | Berman | Flynn | Hilderbran | Branch
Coauthor: Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor: Patrick, Dan
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag.

HB 1072 Author: Giddings
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 04/10/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption: Relating to the low income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program.

HB 1073 Author: Gonzales | Anchia
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 02/12/2007 H Referred to Elections
Caption: Relating to ethics training for legislators and certain other state officers and employees.

HB 1106 Author: Lucio III | Escobar | Rose | Pena
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Cohen | et al.
Last Action: 04/23/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to considering ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.

HB 1212 Author: Pierson | Pena | Truitt | Veasey
Coauthor: Anchia | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the penalties for intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter and to the sentencing of defendants convicted of those offenses.

HB 1238 Author: Noriega, Rick | Davis, John | Zerwas | Anchia | Brown, Fred
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Darby | Harless | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action: 05/10/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption: Relating to the operation of a student health center at an institution of higher education.

HB 1434 Author: Rose | Brown, Fred | Lucio III | Patrick | Villarreal
Coauthor: Anderson | Bohac | Farabee | Garcia | Hughes | et al.
Last Action: 03/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.

HB 1471 Author: Hancock
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Brimer
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to resource sharing among certain political subdivisions, including regional planning commissions, during a disaster.

HB 1503 Author: Lucio III | Escobar | Pena | Goolsby | O'Day
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Christian | Cohen | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption: Relating to a person's eligibility for a license to carry a concealed handgun and to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the possession of a weapon.

HB 1609 Author: Crownover | Naishtat | Villarreal | Delisi | Eissler
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor: Shapleigh
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the Communities In Schools program.

HB 1625 Author: Raymond
Coauthor: Farrar | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 02/22/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the salary paid to certain professional employees of public schools.

HB 1634 Author: Dukes | Strama | Giddings | Isett, Carl | Hilderbran
Coauthor: Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Berman | Castro | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to incentives for the film, television, and multimedia production industries.

HB 1794 Author: Veasey
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 03/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to an open document format for electronic state documents.

HB 1842 Author: Strama | Turner | Anchia | Gonzales | Dukes
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Burnam | Cohen | Coleman | Eiland | et al.
Last Action: 05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption: Relating to the provision of certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

HB 2002 Author: Giddings
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to notification to check verification entities that a customer is a victim of identity theft and the consequences of the notice.

HB 2112 Author: Patrick
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bolton | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor: Hegar
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.

HB 2227 Author: Heflin | O'Day | Aycock
Coauthor: Geren | Keffer, Jim | Martinez, "Mando" | Ortiz, Jr. | Turner
Last Action: 05/07/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to authorizing the secretary of state to distribute state funds made available to reimburse political subdivisions for costs associated with a special constitutional amendment election.

HB 2335 Author: Castro
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Chavez | Coleman | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action: 03/08/2007 H Referred to Corrections
Caption: Relating to the operations of the Texas Youth Commission.

HB 2340 Author: Dunnam | Merritt | Bolton
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Farias | et al.
Last Action: 03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to conservatorship of the Texas Youth Commission.

HB 2703 Author: Woolley
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Sponsor: Gallegos
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to interference with the duties of a public health professional; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 2704 Author: Woolley | Cook, Byron | Turner | Thompson | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | Bolton | et al.
Last Action: 04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.

HB 2746 Author: Dunnam
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 03/14/2007 H Referred to Elections
Caption: Relating to the posting of statements, registrations, and reports filed with the Texas Ethics Commission on the commission's Internet website.

HB 2772 Author: Kolkhorst | Chisum | Woolley | Harper-Brown | Coleman
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.
Last Action: 03/14/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption: Relating to a moratorium on the inclusion of certain provisions in a comprehensive development agreement or the sale of a toll project and to the creation and duties of a study committee.

HB 2777 Author: Heflin
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to a tax credit for certain corporations obtaining coverage for their employees under a health benefit plan.

HB 2801 Author: Garcia
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 03/14/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
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.

HB 2807 Author: Madden | Pena | McClendon | Castro | Woolley
Coauthor: Dunnam | Miles | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/07/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the Texas Youth Commission and the prosecution of certain offenses and delinquent conduct in the Texas Youth Commission and certain other criminal justice agencies; providing penalties.

HB 2958 Author: Jackson, Jim
Coauthor: Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 04/17/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to the licensing and regulation of tow trucks, tow truck operators, and vehicle storage facilities; providing penalties.

HB 3078 Author: Delisi | Homer | Hopson | Gonzales | Zerwas
Coauthor: Aycock | King, Susan | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to the distribution and redistribution of certain drugs.

HB 3101 Author: Anchia | Deshotel | Thompson | Dutton | Murphy
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Naishtat | Ortiz, Jr. | Rodriguez
Sponsor: Carona
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption: Relating to a residential tenant's rights and remedies.

HB 3309 Author: Bolton
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Cohen | et al.
Sponsor: Hinojosa
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the ability of certain advocacy and support groups to provide services for children confined in Texas Youth Commission facilities.

HB 3384 Author: Dunnam | Merritt | McReynolds
Coauthor: Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Farias | Farrar | et al.
Last Action: 03/20/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption: Relating to creating the office of district attorney for the 201st Judicial District.

HB 3474 Author: Delisi | Eissler | Zerwas | Homer | McClendon
Coauthor: Aycock | Berman | Callegari | Castro | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action: 04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to advance directives.

HB 3521 Author: Bolton
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action: 05/15/2007 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption: Relating to measures to increase the safety of children committed to the Texas Youth Commission.

HB 3625 Author: Bolton
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Dunnam | Farias | et al.
Last Action: 03/21/2007 H Referred to Law Enforcement
Caption: Relating to background and criminal history checks and for certain state employees who interact with children or supervise persons who interact with children.

HB 3693 Author: Straus | Anchia | Crabb | King, Phil | Oliveira
Coauthor: Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Fraser
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to energy demand, energy load, energy efficiency incentives, energy programs, and energy performance measures.

HB 3701 Author: Miles
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Castro | Coleman | Dunnam | et al.
Last Action: 04/16/2007 H Reported favorably as substituted
Caption: Relating to the office of independent ombudsman of the Texas Youth Commission.

HCR 23 Author: Gallego | Dunnam | Naishtat | Coleman | Thompson
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bolton | Burnam | Castro | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of the Honorable Ann Richards, 45th governor of Texas.

HCR 26 Author: Gallego | Puente | Martinez Fischer | Menendez | Castro
Coauthor: Anchia | Bolton | Chisum | Craddick | Dukes | et al.
Sponsor: Lucio
Last Action: 05/04/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: In memory of the Honorable Frank Madla of San Antonio.

HCR 64 Author: Rodriguez | Anchia
Coauthor: Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Castro | Escobar | et al.
Last Action: 02/12/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption: Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reconsider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families.

HCR 67 Author: Leibowitz | Chisum | Swinford | Heflin | Hardcastle
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor: Seliger
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging Congress to provide further drought relief for Texas.

HJR 1 Author: Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Burnam | et al.
Last Action: 02/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes.

HJR 39 Author: Allen, Alma | Giddings | Bohac | Turner | Thompson
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.

HJR 90 Author: Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor: Nelson
Last Action: 05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of scientific research of all forms of human cancer.

HR 2182 Author: Escobar | Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando" | Flores | Oliveira
Coauthor: Guillen | Lucio III | Moreno, Paul | Ortiz, Jr. | Pena
Last Action: 05/17/2007 H Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel
Caption: Urging Congress to support the construction of a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.

HR 2446 Author: Herrero
Coauthor: Gonzales | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action: 05/31/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2007 10:55AM
Caption: In memory of Ruben Dario Cavada of Corpus Christi.

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