Texas Legislature
Bills Sponsored / Joint Sponsored
Number of Bills: 41Sponsor (41):
Author:
Alonzo | Veasey
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
04/27/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: Apr 27 2007 5:30PM
Caption:
Relating to public use of computers in certain local public libraries.
Author:
Smith, Wayne | Crabb | Callegari
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of fireworks and fireworks displays.
Author:
Kolkhorst
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the notice of a municipality's or county's intention to issue certificates of obligation.
Author:
Dutton
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the collection of a family protection fee.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to local control of firefighter and police officer employment matters in certain municipalities.
Author:
Guillen
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to providing notice of the release or escape of a defendant to certain crime victims and witnesses in criminal trials.
Author:
Dutton
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/21/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 21 2007 12:40PM
Caption:
Relating to the provision of courses in behavioral modification by disciplinary alternative education programs and juvenile justice alternative education programs.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to donations of juror reimbursements.
Author:
Pena
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements applicable to orders of expunction or nondisclosure of criminal history records and to the protection of information that is the subject of one of those orders; providing penalties.
Author:
Hochberg | Woolley | Bohac
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to remedies for common nuisances.
Author:
Woolley
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to an exception from civil discovery for certain records of a law enforcement agency.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to urban land bank demonstration programs.
Author:
Cohen | Dukes | Delisi | Hartnett | Van Arsdale
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the imposition and use of a fee on certain sexually oriented businesses and certain programs for the prevention of sexual assault.
Author:
Anchia | Goolsby | Branch | Hodge
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the hours worked during a week by police officers in certain municipalities.
Author:
Harless
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the audit of a county jail's commissary operations.
Author:
Flores
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to an inspection performed by a plumbing inspector or qualified plumbing inspection business for a political subdivision.
Author:
Callegari
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the procurement methods of certain political subdivisions and certain other entities for the construction, rehabilitation, alteration, or repair of certain projects.
Author:
Hodge | Anchia | Branch | Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the designation of the structure on Interstate 30 connecting the east and west levee of the Trinity River as the Margaret McDermott Bridge.
Author:
Giddings | Berman | Crabb | Turner | Martinez Fischer
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures.
Author:
Menendez | Cook, Robby | Chisum
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 4:05PM
Caption:
Relating to the allocation of certain housing funds by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and to the information used to determine the allocation of those funds.
Author:
Deshotel | Eissler | Escobar | Flynn | Delisi
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/26/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the high school health curriculum.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to student representation on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and certain coordinating board advisory committees.
Author:
Thompson
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the applicability of the Texas Fair Housing Act to public housing authorities.
Author:
McClendon
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the creation of an arts and entertainment district by a populous municipality.
Author:
Rose
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of massage therapists.
Author:
Veasey
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the award of a contract by an airport authority created by certain municipalities.
Author:
Dutton
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to juvenile delinquency; providing penalties.
Author:
King, Phil | Gallego
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of cigarettes; providing a penalty.
Author:
Swinford
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 79th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature.
Author:
Hill
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of certain property used to provide low-income housing.
Author:
Elkins
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to public improvement districts designated by a county or municipality.
Author:
Branch | Woolley | Eiland | Howard, Donna
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the equalization of property wealth in certain school districts.
Author:
Strama
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to the performance of certain civil duties by officers in this state.
Author:
Geren
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to payment of costs incurred in the operation and administration of the Texas Lottery Commission.
Author:
Guillen | Chavez | Pickett | Leibowitz | England
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to state grants for student clubs in high schools that serve students at risk of dropping out of school.
Author:
Howard, Donna
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Texas hospital-based nursing education partnership grant program.
Author:
Hartnett
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to requirements for judicial training on issues regarding family violence, sexual assault, and child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Rodriguez
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the disclosure by the Texas Department of Public Safety to appraisal districts of driver's license records and personal identification certificate records, or certain information in those records, for use in determining an individual's eligibility for a residence homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Menendez | Chisum
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the evaluation of an application for a low income housing tax credit.
Author:
Menendez
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/26/2007 S House appoints conferees-reported
Caption:
Relating to the administration of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs; providing a penalty.
Author:
Hodge
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of Charlotte Ragsdale of Dallas.