Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 42
Author:
Shapiro | Janek
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Sponsor:
Eissler | Woolley | Dunnam | Branch | Patrick
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to open-enrollment charter schools and the creation of public charter districts.
Author:
Hinojosa | Deuell | Nelson | Shapiro | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
West, Royce | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Eissler | Vo
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the availability and use of automated external defibrillators at certain school campuses and athletic events, and the creation of a cardiovascular screening pilot program.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
West, Royce | Nichols
Sponsor:
Jackson, Jim
Last Action:
05/18/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the imposition of additional inspection and background and criminal history check requirements for day-care centers; providing criminal penalties.
Author:
Nelson
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
02/28/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: Feb 28 2007 6:53PM
Caption:
Relating to the availability of an automated external defibrillator at high school athletic events.
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:
Hinojosa | West, Royce | Watson | Uresti | Van de Putte | et al.
Last Action:
01/23/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to reconstituting the system benefit fund as a trust fund and to uses of the fund.
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:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Sponsor:
Eissler
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to safety regulations for certain public school extracurricular activities.
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:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Sponsor:
Rose
Last Action:
05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the sale of instructional materials to students of public institutions of higher education.
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:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Shapiro | Van de Putte | West, Royce
Sponsor:
Branch
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a community education program concerning Internet safety.
Author:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
Uresti | Deuell | Carona | Nelson | Williams | et al.
Sponsor:
Madden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Carona | Hinojosa | West, Royce | Watson
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
05/22/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the State Bar of Texas fee to provide legal services to the indigent.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | West, Royce | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to compensation to persons wrongfully imprisoned.
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:
Deuell | Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Ellis | Uresti | West, Royce
Last Action:
05/14/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to disease control programs to reduce the risk of certain communicable diseases.
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:
Carona
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Sponsor:
Driver
Last Action:
04/23/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the responsibility of an employer in relation to a person who drives a commercial motor vehicle; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Lucio | Harris | Hinojosa | Janek | Uresti | et al.
Sponsor:
Eissler
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to carbon monoxide alarms and smoke detectors in certain residential dwellings.
Author:
Hinojosa
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Sponsor:
Madden
Last Action:
05/18/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a school district board of trustees to create a criminal offense for violation of a district policy.
Author:
Fraser
Coauthor:
Harris | West, Royce
Sponsor:
King, Phil
Last Action:
05/28/2007 H Motion withdrawn
Caption:
Relating to competition and customer choice in the retail electric power market; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Fraser
Coauthor:
Harris | West, Royce
Sponsor:
King, Phil
Last Action:
05/02/2007 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to regulation of electric generation capacity ownership in the electric power market.
Author:
Fraser
Coauthor:
Harris | West, Royce
Sponsor:
King, Phil
Last Action:
05/23/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the powers, duties, and composition of the electric utility restructuring legislative oversight committee.
Author:
Fraser
Coauthor:
West, Royce | Harris | Deuell
Last Action:
02/20/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to administration of the system benefit fund.
Author:
Watson | Ellis | Eltife | Janek | Shapiro | et al.
Coauthor:
West, Royce | Seliger
Sponsor:
Hochberg
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the clean school bus program.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | West, Royce | Ellis
Last Action:
04/27/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to a dual language education pilot project in certain school districts.
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:
Zaffirini
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Patrick, Dan | West, Royce | Lucio
Sponsor:
Eissler
Last Action:
05/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to allowing a student receiving special education services to participate in a graduation ceremony after the fourth year of high school.
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:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to the use of certain revenue generated by Texas Department of Transportation toll projects and to the membership and functions of metropolitan planning organizations.
Author:
Fraser
Coauthor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Meeting cancelled
Caption:
Relating to procedures of the Public Utility Commission of Texas with regard to certain transactions.
Author:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
Carona | Harris | Brimer | West, Royce
Sponsor:
Hill
Last Action:
05/26/2007 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of a regional tollway authority related to turnpikes and other related projects.
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:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
West, Royce | Gallegos | Lucio
Sponsor:
Thompson
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons and reports concerning the offense.
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:
Shapiro
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | West, Royce | Lucio
Sponsor:
Kolkhorst
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to state assistance with the costs of constructing or renovating public high school science laboratories.
Author:
Ellis | Carona | Deuell
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Whitmire | Hegar | West, Royce | Van de Putte
Sponsor:
Madden
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses and to a person's eligibility for an order of nondisclosure following a term of community supervision for any of those offenses.
Author:
Harris
Coauthor:
Estes | West, Royce
Last Action:
03/26/2007 H Referred to Corrections
Caption:
Relating to the powers, duties, and composition of the governing board of the Texas Youth Commission.
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:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Brimer | Carona | Duncan | Fraser | Gallegos | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2007 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing April 2007 as Child Abuse Prevention Month.