Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Rep. Paula Pierson
80th Legislature Regular Session
Report Date: 5/1/2024

Number of Bills: 42

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 8 Author: Riddle | Berman | Pena | Vaught | Escobar
Coauthor: Anchia | Anderson | Bohac | Christian | Cook, Byron | et al.
Sponsor: Deuell
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and supervision of certain sex offenders and to certain crimes involving sex offenders.

HB 9 Author: Crownover | King, Phil | Woolley | Hamilton | Escobar
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption: Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.

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 52 Author: Chavez | Davis, John | Thompson | Gallego | Hill
Coauthor: Pierson | Quintanilla
Sponsor: Harris
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption: Relating to the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients who are residents of long-term care facilities.

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 136 Author: Olivo | Raymond | Veasey | Mowery | Dutton
Coauthor: Burnam | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | Coleman | et al.
Last Action: 05/03/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to the promotion of students to certain grade levels in public schools.

HB 137 Author: Olivo | Raymond | Veasey | Dutton
Coauthor: Burnam | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | Coleman | et al.
Last Action: 01/30/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption: Relating to the requirements for a high school diploma.

HB 157 Author: Pickett | Driver | Giddings | Solomons | Guillen
Coauthor: Crabb | Farias | Gonzales | Herrero | Howard, Charlie | et al.
Last Action: 04/30/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption: Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.

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 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 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 577 Author: Turner
Coauthor: Pierson
Last Action: 03/06/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to safeguards for certain customers of retail public utilities in the electric power market.

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 669 Author: Coleman | Naishtat | Anchia
Coauthor: Noriega, Rick | Pierson | Rodriguez
Last Action: 03/01/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Relating to eligibility for and the administration of the child health plan program.

HB 1022 Author: Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption: Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of a motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner and to the rendition of such vehicles.

HB 1779 Author: Latham | Truitt | Woolley
Coauthor: Aycock | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Delisi | et al.
Last Action: 04/16/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption: Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.

HB 2084 Author: Hill | Goolsby | Branch | Geren | Anchia
Coauthor: Alonzo | Burnam | England | Hancock | Harper-Brown | et al.
Last Action: 04/17/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption: Relating to sales and use taxes by certain municipalities.

HB 2187 Author: Hartnett | Branch | Geren | Goolsby | Laubenberg
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anchia | Crownover | Driver | England | et al.
Last Action: 05/02/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption: Relating to the development, management, and preservation of the water resources of the state.

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 2532 Author: Patrick | Smith, Todd
Coauthor: Aycock | Pierson
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the expulsion and placement in alternative settings of public school students who engage in conduct constituting certain felonies and to assessment of public school students placed in disciplinary alternative education programs.

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 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 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.

HB 3900 Author: Morrison | Villarreal | McCall | Otto | Cook, Byron
Coauthor: Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Aycock | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Shapiro
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption: Relating to the Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program.

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 35 Author: Rodriguez | Hardcastle | Rose | Deshotel | Eissler
Coauthor: Coleman | Davis, John | Gonzales | Guillen | Isett, Carl | et al.
Sponsor: Ellis
Last Action: 06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption: Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance.

HCR 43 Author: Anderson | Hodge
Coauthor: Anchia | Burnam | Cohen | Crabb | Eiland | et al.
Last Action: 04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption: Urging the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to impose a 180-day moratorium on applications for pulverized coal-fired power plant permits.

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 54 Author: Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby
Coauthor: Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor: Williams
Last Action: 05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner.

HJR 59 Author: Elkins | Bailey | Bonnen | Leibowitz | Callegari
Coauthor: Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor: Wentworth
Last Action: 04/30/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.

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 422 Author: Smith, Todd
Coauthor: Burnam | Geren | Hancock | Mowery | Patrick | et al.
Last Action: 03/02/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 2 2007 7:56AM
Caption: Recognizing February 28, 2007, as Tarrant County Day at the State Capitol.

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