Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 57
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:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
03/05/2007 S Reported from s/c favorably with substitute
Caption:
Relating to the residency requirements for tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.
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:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/15/2007 H Referred to Ways & Means
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from the sales tax for clothing and footwear.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Uresti | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Straus
Last Action:
05/17/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of certain foster care children to attend prekindergarten classes.
Author:
Ellis
Coauthor:
Zaffirini | Van de Putte
Last Action:
04/10/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the implementation by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of a low-emission vehicle program.
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:
Uresti | Zaffirini | Van de Putte
Sponsor:
Naishtat
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the creation of nursing home family councils.
Author:
West, Royce
Coauthor:
Uresti | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Veasey
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to fetal and infant mortality review and health warnings related to fetal and infant mortality; imposing a penalty.
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:
Nelson
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Delisi
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certain electronic medical records systems.
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:
Harris
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/14/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of certain law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint to determine whether persons are boating while intoxicated.
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:
Gallegos
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Dutton
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to notice regarding the availability of programs under which a student may earn college credit in public schools.
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:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Uresti | Watson | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat | Driver | Heflin | Herrero | Latham
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to Medicaid incentive payments for direct nursing care provided by nursing homes.
Author:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
02/14/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the transfer of money appropriated to provide institutional care for certain persons to provide community-based services to those persons.
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:
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:
Eltife
Coauthor:
Deuell | Seliger | Zaffirini | Fraser | Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
05/14/2007 H Reported favorably as amended
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the voters of a municipality or a county to adopt a one-quarter cent sales and use tax in the municipality or county to provide property tax relief.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
McReynolds
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a risk assessment program for Type 2 diabetes and the creation of the Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Program Advisory Committee.
Author:
Lucio
Coauthor:
Deuell | Nichols | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Davis, John
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for enrollees with autism spectrum disorder.
Author:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Eltife | Williams | Zaffirini | Brimer | Carona | et al.
Sponsor:
Delisi
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on Major State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to advance directives and health care and treatment decisions.
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:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Janek | Nelson | Zaffirini | Van de Putte
Sponsor:
Turner
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to enrollment and participation in certain research programs of certain children in foster care.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Menendez
Last Action:
05/21/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility for education benefits of surviving minor children of certain public employees killed in the line of duty.
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:
West, Royce
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Dukes
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the design and construction of a cenotaph in the State Cemetery to honor 19th-century African American members of the Texas Legislature.
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:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Rose
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to use of the money from the Texas Enterprise Fund to benefit small businesses.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of high school diplomas to certain crime victims.
Author:
Deuell
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Eissler
Last Action:
05/17/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of dyslexia practitioners and therapists; imposing penalties.
Author:
Lucio | Hinojosa
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Flores
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the powers and duties of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority and the establishment of a member conference.
Author:
Uresti
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Rodriguez
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a foster children's bill of rights.
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:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Chavez | Corte, Frank | Escobar
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to an allotment under the Foundation School Program for certain students who are military dependents.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Menendez
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of unsafe children's products; providing a civil penalty.
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:
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:
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:
West, Royce
Coauthor:
Hinojosa | Van de Putte | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Dutton
Last Action:
05/22/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of community-based programs administered by the juvenile boards of certain counties.
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:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Referred to Judiciary
Caption:
Relating to the rights of certain incapacitated persons that may be terminated by a court in a guardianship proceeding and to the restoration of certain rights.
Author:
West, Royce
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Hartnett | Alonzo
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to requirements for judicial training on issues regarding family violence, sexual assault, and child abuse and neglect.
Author:
Patrick, Dan
Coauthor:
Shapiro | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Morrison | Patrick
Last Action:
05/20/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the Texas Teach Corps student loan repayment assistance program for certain classroom teachers who teach academic subjects in public schools in this state that have a shortage of teachers in academic subjects.
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:
Watson
Coauthor:
Nelson | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Naishtat
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to expansion of the use of consumer direction for delivery of certain services to persons with disabilities and elderly persons.
Author:
Janek
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Hartnett
Last Action:
05/17/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce.
Author:
Shapleigh
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Haggerty
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to certification of educators from outside the state.
Author:
Watson
Coauthor:
Lucio | Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Leibowitz
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Recognizing Phil Hatlen on the occasion of his retirement from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
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:
Williams
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Sponsor:
Chisum | Guillen
Last Action:
05/23/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and for authority to enter into bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose.
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.
Author:
Van de Putte
Coauthor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
04/27/2007 S Reported enrolled
Caption:
Recognizing Texas Democratic Women on its 20th anniversary.