Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 42
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.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
05/01/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the definition of serious bodily injury for the purposes of criminal prosecutions.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Duncan | Shapleigh | West, Royce | Lucio | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action:
05/14/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to exempting books purchased by university and college students from the sales tax for a limited period.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Averitt | Shapleigh | Lucio | Van de Putte | Ellis | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2007 S Referred to s/c by chair
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | Uresti | Van de Putte | Ellis | Shapiro | et al.
Sponsor:
Guillen | Gonzales
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding victims of family violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including the creation of an address confidentiality program; providing a penalty.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
03/15/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to public school policies designed to prevent dating violence.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Uresti | Averitt | Brimer | Carona | et al.
Sponsor:
Madden | Hochberg | McReynolds | Haggerty | Jones, Delwin
Last Action:
06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
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.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to unemployment benefits for certain victims of family violence.
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.
Author:
Harris
Coauthor:
Fraser | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Harper-Brown
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to parking of a motor vehicle operated by or for the transportation of a veteran with a disability in certain parking spaces; providing a criminal penalty.
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.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | Shapleigh | Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the continuation of a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation while the owner is temporarily absent because of military service.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Garcia
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that a career school or college adopt a refund policy for students called to active military service.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | West, Royce | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Farabee
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Veterans Commission's authority to make performance incentive awards for providing services to veterans.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Noriega, Rick
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to reemployment rights of certain members of the National Guard.
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.
Author:
Williams
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Corte, Frank | Escobar
Last Action:
05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to an exemption for certain disabled veterans from the fees required for the issuance of a personal identification certificate.
Author:
Janek
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the interchange of anti-epileptic drugs and drugs used to treat or prevent seizures.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Nelson | Lucio | Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Ellis | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of tobacco products; providing penalties.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Strama
Last Action:
05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to allowing certain military personnel to receive certain federal and state higher education benefits concurrently.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
05/18/2007 H Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Caption:
Relating to death benefits for the survivors of certain members of the Texas National Guard.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
West, Royce | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Davis, John
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) employment programs and participation in those programs by certain parents who are not TANF recipients.
Author:
Carona | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | Uresti
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Noriega, Rick | Escobar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from tuition and mandatory fees for certain members of the Texas National Guard.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | Uresti
Sponsor:
Parker
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements relating to permanency hearings and placement review hearings for children under the care of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Author:
Janek
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Dukes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to environmental lead investigations by the Department of State Health Services.
Author:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | Van de Putte
Last Action:
03/07/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to requirements for monitoring compliance of public school bilingual education and special language programs.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Ellis | Shapleigh | Wentworth
Last Action:
04/03/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Herrero
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the tuition and fee exemption available to certain military personnel and permitting those personnel to transfer the exemption to a child.
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.
Author:
Duncan
Coauthor:
Uresti | Shapleigh
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a youth diabetes registry; providing penalties.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Deuell | Nelson | Nichols | Shapleigh | Janek | et al.
Sponsor:
Truitt
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a study on increasing the number of medical residency programs, medical residents, and physicians practicing medical specialties in this state.
Author:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | West, Royce
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Relating to the reporting requirements for health plans participating in the medical assistance program.
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.
Author:
Brimer
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Krusee
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to pass-through financing and the designation and operation of transportation reinvestment zones.
Author:
Nelson | Deuell | Janek | Shapiro | Uresti | et al.
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | Van de Putte | Ellis | Patrick, Dan | Estes | et al.
Last Action:
05/22/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to reorganizing certain state institutions that provide financing for cancer research, including creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas; granting authority to issue bonds.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
05/04/2007 H Referred to Environmental Regulation
Caption:
Relating to a program for the recycling of computer equipment of consumers in this state; providing administrative penalties.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | West, Royce
Sponsor:
Rose
Last Action:
05/17/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a strategy for reducing child abuse and neglect and improving child welfare.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Shapleigh | Uresti | Van de Putte
Sponsor:
Truitt
Last Action:
05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for medical assistance for treatment of breast or cervical cancer.
Author:
Averitt
Coauthor:
Brimer | Deuell | Eltife | Estes | Fraser | et al.
Sponsor:
Berman | Naishtat | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby
Last Action:
02/22/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
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 for the 2006 and 2007 tax years.
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.
Author:
Carona | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | Shapleigh
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
05/28/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt all or part of the residence homesteads of certain totally disabled veterans from ad valorem taxation and authorizing a change in the manner of determining the amount of the existing exemption from ad valorem taxation to which a disabled veteran is entitled.