Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 24
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.
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:
Carona
Coauthor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
02/14/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the revenue sources for and administration of the Texas mobility fund.
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.
Author:
West, Royce
Coauthor:
Ellis | Wentworth
Sponsor:
Naishtat | Hill | Creighton | Smith, Todd | Leibowitz
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to reporting of gifts of cash or a cash equivalent to public officials.
Author:
Williams
Coauthor:
Janek | Patrick, Dan | Wentworth
Sponsor:
Riddle
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the temporary sealing of certain affidavits on which search warrants are based.
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:
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:
Hegar
Coauthor:
Brimer | Deuell | Eltife | Harris | Jackson, Mike | et al.
Last Action:
02/21/2007 S Referred to Health & Human Services
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting immunization against human papilloma virus as a condition for admission to public school.
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:
Wentworth
Last Action:
02/21/2007 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to the criminal penalty for endangering certain blind or disabled pedestrians.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Wentworth | Duncan | Hegar
Last Action:
02/21/2007 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to a state policy of encouraging voluntary land stewardship to benefit the water in this state.
Author:
Seliger | Fraser | Hegar | Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
02/26/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for the small and mid-sized district adjustment under the public school finance system.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Wentworth
Sponsor:
Hartnett
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to reimbursement for and counseling related to jury service.
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.
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:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Harris | Hegar | Carona | Deuell | Lucio | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to requirements for certain contracts with physicians and health care providers.
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:
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:
Hegar
Coauthor:
Uresti | Van de Putte | Wentworth | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Puente | Hilderbran | Castro
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the management of groundwater in the area regulated by the Edwards Aquifer Authority and to the operations and oversight of the Edwards Aquifer Authority.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Wentworth | Nelson
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to immunity from civil and criminal liability for area agencies on aging and employees and volunteers of those agencies when conducting certain elections.
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.
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.
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.