Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Number of Bills: 67Sponsor (67):
Author:
Leibowitz | Allen, Alma
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to counterfeit motor vehicle airbags; providing a penalty.
Author:
Naishtat | Turner | Hartnett
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.
Author:
Menendez | Straus
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to rail relocation and improvement in the state.
Author:
Naishtat
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the fee charged for depositing a will during a testator's life.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the estates of decedents.
Author:
Hartnett | Naishtat
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to guardianship matters and proceedings.
Author:
Naishtat
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/14/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to payment for the provision of services by a metropolitan rapid transit authority to persons with disabilities in a unit of election that has withdrawn from the authority.
Author:
Naishtat
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a trust for the management of an incapacitated person's estate.
Author:
Truitt
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the consent required for a municipality to annex a water or sewer district.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the administration and operation of certain trusts and other property interests held for the benefit of another.
Author:
Puente
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the state registry of paternity.
Author:
Howard, Donna
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of certain land used for wildlife management under a conservation easement.
Author:
Strama | Villarreal
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 3:58PM
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of unpaid child support.
Author:
Phillips
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the automatic suspension of the driver's license of certain persons convicted of the offense of manslaughter.
Author:
Hughes
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to jurors and alternate jurors in a criminal case.
Author:
Hilderbran
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal trespass.
Author:
Macias
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of criminal trespass.
Author:
Howard, Donna
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in local tax appraisal records regarding current or former peace officers and regarding a current or former employee of a prosecutor's office or of certain offices with jurisdiction over child protective services matters.
Author:
Bonnen
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a public agency's, county's, or municipality's authority to enforce a solid waste collection and transportation services franchise or contract.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to filing fees for certain actions filed in a court with probate jurisdiction.
Author:
Miller | Orr | Anderson | Cook, Robby
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the annexation of land for which property taxes are imposed based on the land's value for agricultural or wildlife management purposes or timber production.
Author:
Naishtat
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an additional statutory county court in Travis County.
Author:
Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to allowing a county to hold a nonbinding referendum on a county fiscal matter.
Author:
Kuempel
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the purchasing methods available to a county when paying with certain funds.
Author:
Hill
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the holding by a county, municipality, or junior college district of a petition-initiated election on whether to establish a limitation on increases in the amount of ad valorem taxes imposed by the county, municipality, or junior college district on residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled.
Author:
Hill
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to municipal consent to the addition to a political subdivision of land located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality.
Author:
Paxton | Orr
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to ad valorem tax lien transfers.
Author:
Paxton
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to regulation of property tax lenders; providing a penalty.
Author:
Corte, Frank
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of Legion of Merit specialty license plates.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the collection of certain filing fees by statutory probate courts for deposit in the judicial fund, the use of those deposits, and the remittance of the excess of those deposits.
Author:
Delisi | Gonzalez Toureilles
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of specialty license plates to immediate family members of a person who dies while serving in the United States armed forces.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the estates of decedents.
Author:
Otto
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a dealer to conduct certain motor vehicle sales outside of a dealership.
Author:
Zedler | Creighton | Kolkhorst | Van Arsdale
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the availability of certain school district financial information on districts' Internet websites.
Author:
Hancock
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a governmental body to require the payment of a charge before complying with certain requests for the production of public information or for copies of public information.
Author:
McClendon
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the administration of a retirement health care plan for firefighters and police officers in certain municipalities.
Author:
McClendon
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the pension retirement system in certain municipalities for firefighters and police.
Author:
Eiland
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 11:38AM
Caption:
Relating to adoption of the Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act.
Author:
Hughes | Gonzalez Toureilles | Paxton | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the service retirement annuity of certain members of the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One and the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan Two.
Author:
Macias
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to limitations on the compensation of county auditors for certain counties.
Author:
Hughes | Gonzalez Toureilles | Gattis | Leibowitz | Alonzo
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the compensation paid to retired and former judges or justices while assigned as visiting judges in certain courts.
Author:
Swinford
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the development by the Texas Education Agency of a list of resources concerning Internet safety for use by school districts.
Author:
Hartnett | Branch
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 1:46PM
Caption:
Relating to expunction of a notice of lis pendens.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Judicial Compensation Commission.
Author:
Straus | McClendon
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the change in municipal boundaries by agreement between certain municipalities.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/21/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 21 2007 2:49PM
Caption:
Relating to the imposition of an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas State University--San Marcos.
Author:
Hilderbran | Gattis | Macias | Gallego
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the protection and preservation of caves; providing penalties.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the confidentiality of certain communications involving an ombudsman program established by an employer as an alternative dispute resolution service.
Author:
Howard, Charlie
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to county authority to abate nuisances.
Author:
Straus
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the denial or revocation of bail for a person who violates certain court orders or conditions of bond related to victim or community safety and to the performance of community service by certain persons charged with certain alcohol-related offenses.
Author:
McClendon | Krusee | Chavez | Menendez
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/22/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the use of money from certain funds for rail projects.
Author:
Puente
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Texas Water Development Board to approve the regional water plan for Region L and include the plan in the state water plan.
Author:
McClendon
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 1:38PM
Caption:
Relating to the duties of a water service provider in an area served by sewer service of certain political subdivisions.
Author:
Macias
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/06/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to improvement projects in certain counties.
Author:
Macias
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the delegation of a county commissioners court's powers to regulate traffic on county roads.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 3 regarding elections and road projects; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 4 regarding elections and road projects; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Sunfield Municipal Utility District No. 1 regarding elections and road projects; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the Hays County Municipal Utility District No. 6; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.
Author:
Davis, John
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
02/09/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Granting permission to the YMCA Youth and Government Program to use the legislative chambers and other Capitol Complex facilities.
Author:
Hilderbran
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
04/25/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Recognizing April 3, 2007, as Texas Medal of Arts Awards Day.
Author:
Corte, Frank
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/11/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Expressing support for bids by the Texas Bio- and Agro-Defense Consortium and the Texas A&M NBAF Consortium to locate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Texas.
Author:
Hilderbran
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
04/25/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring the life of James Harold Doolittle and recognizing his military aviation achievements.
Author:
Hilderbran
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring retired United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Richard Cole, the last surviving member of General Jimmy Doolittle's crew.
Author:
Straus
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of Bruce B. Cloud of San Antonio.
Author:
Straus | Alonzo
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a person who violates certain court orders or conditions of release in a felony or family violence case.
Author:
Elkins | Bailey | Bonnen | Leibowitz | Callegari
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.