Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 89
Author:
Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Dukes | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.
Author:
Crownover | King, Phil | Woolley | Hamilton | Escobar
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
Author:
Cook, Byron | Chisum | Rose | Paxton | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Fred | Darby | Escobar | Hancock | et al.
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the filing of sales reports with the comptroller by wholesalers and distributors of certain alcohol and tobacco products.
Author:
Hilderbran | Guillen | Chisum | Turner | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to parks, wildlife, hunting, and historic sites; the funding, powers, and duties of the Parks and Wildlife Department, the Parks and Wildlife Commission, and the Texas Historical Commission; and standards for certain state law enforcement officers; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Swinford | Escobar | Christian | Woolley | Guillen
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb | Creighton | Flynn | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/25/2007 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to homeland security issues, including border security issues and law enforcement.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/13/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to reorganizing certain state institutions that provide financing for cancer research, including creating the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, and information about certain cancer treatments; granting authority to issue bonds.
Author:
Delisi | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Garcia | Haggerty
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb | Farabee | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | et al.
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the children of certain military personnel.
Author:
Otto | Keffer, Jim | Rose | Howard, Donna | Miller
Coauthor:
Anchia | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | Crabb | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the margin of error the comptroller of public accounts must use to determine whether the local value for a school district is valid after conducting the annual property value study.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Berman | Bohac | Riddle
Coauthor:
Aycock | Christian | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
Author:
Paxton | Olivo | Escobar | Chisum | Parker
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
Author:
Driver | King, Phil | Talton | Rose | Riddle
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person.
Author:
Eissler | Eiland
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the classroom placement of multiple birth siblings in public schools.
Author:
Harper-Brown | Escobar | Corte, Frank | Flynn
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Gonzalez Toureilles | Macias | Miller
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the use in an advertisement of a name or picture of a member of the United States armed forces or the national guard; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Bonnen | Kolkhorst | Homer | Eissler | McCall
Coauthor:
Aycock
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to providing for a student who qualifies for automatic admission to an institution of higher education to maintain that status for transferring between institutions in certain circumstances.
Author:
Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the use of text messages and other electronic media to commit certain sexual offenses against minors or certain students.
Author:
Madden | Dukes | Hartnett | Delisi | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.
Author:
Miller
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of a person's identifying information.
Author:
Miller | Kolkhorst | Hughes | Anderson | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bailey | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to participation in an animal identification system.
Author:
King, Phil | Christian | Macias | Paxton | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Flynn | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
Author:
Hughes | Kolkhorst | Anderson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bonnen | Cook, Robby | Gallego | Hopson | et al.
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Agriculture and Livestock
Caption:
Relating to making participation in an animal identification program voluntary.
Author:
Van Arsdale | Flynn | Rose | Giddings | McClendon
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Sudan.
Author:
Orr | Bonnen | Otto | Pena | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Cook, Byron | Darby | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
Author:
Straus | Thompson | Keffer, Jim | Isett, Carl | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund.
Author:
Miller
Coauthor:
Aycock | Lucio III
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to certain conduct involving controlled substances that endangers or is otherwise committed in the presence of or in proximity to a child.
Author:
Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb
Last Action:
04/03/2007 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting or otherwise restricting certain sex offenders from residing or working within or otherwise entering certain school premises.
Author:
Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to the exemption from ad valorem taxation of a motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner and to the rendition of such vehicles.
Author:
Chisum | Brown, Betty | Callegari
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Harless | Orr | Otto | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2007 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the use of certain voting equipment in certain elections that do not involve a federal office.
Author:
Geren | Vaught | Garcia | Macias | Berman
Coauthor:
Aycock | Cook, Robby | Escobar | Heflin | Keffer, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/04/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the offense of funeral service disruption.
Author:
Bonnen | Delisi | Flynn | Howard, Charlie | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to immunization against human papillomavirus.
Author:
McClendon | Truitt | Pena | Otto | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, including a one-time supplemental annuity payment.
Author:
Lucio III | Escobar | Rose | Pena
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
04/23/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to considering ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.
Author:
Gallego
Coauthor:
Aycock | Eissler | Flores | Olivo | Raymond
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for the spouses of certain military personnel.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Parker
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the use of certain public subsidies.
Author:
Noriega, Rick | Davis, John | Zerwas | Anchia | Brown, Fred
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Darby | Harless | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to the operation of a student health center at an institution of higher education.
Author:
Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting discrimination based on a student's secondary school in awarding certain financial aid for higher education.
Author:
Crownover | Taylor | Eissler | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Aycock | Hancock
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Point of order sustained
Caption:
Relating to the creation of a voluntary consumer-directed health plan for certain individuals eligible to participate in the insurance coverage provided under the Texas Employees Group Benefits Act and their qualified dependents.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zerwas | Berman | Eissler
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bonnen | Branch | Brown, Betty | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to public school elective courses providing academic study of the Bible.
Author:
Gattis | Anchia | Naishtat | Delisi | Rose
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Aycock | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to dog attacks on persons; creating an offense.
Author:
Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Veterans' Land Board to sell certain loans issued by the Veterans' Land Board.
Author:
Driver | Latham
Coauthor:
Aycock
Last Action:
04/23/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to personnel records of commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety.
Author:
Miller | Orr | Anderson | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Otto
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:
Callegari | Flynn | Murphy | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Christian | Davis, John | Frost | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to a bill of rights for property owners whose property may be acquired by governmental or private entities through the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Lucio III | Escobar | Pena | Goolsby | O'Day
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Christian | Cohen | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to a person's eligibility for a license to carry a concealed handgun and to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the possession of a weapon.
Author:
Van Arsdale | O'Day | Goolsby | Cook, Byron | Strama
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Christian | Eissler | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/24/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to venue in civil actions under the Jones Act.
Author:
Crownover | Naishtat | Villarreal | Delisi | Eissler
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the Communities In Schools program.
Author:
Latham | Truitt | Woolley
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Burnam | Christian | Delisi | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
Author:
Gattis | Coleman
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording.
Author:
Woolley | Corte, Frank | Callegari | Cook, Robby | Orr
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | England | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
Author:
Patrick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bolton | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.
Author:
Patrick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Aycock | Bolton | Creighton | Hernandez
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to eligibility of a public school student for a public education grant.
Author:
Parker
Coauthor:
Aycock | Macias
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the liability of certain persons who administer emergency care.
Author:
Hancock
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bohac | Brown, Fred | Christian | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to public disclosure of student referrals for services made by counselors in public schools.
Author:
Eissler | Bonnen | Madden | King, Susan | Giddings
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bohac | Branch | England | Heflin
Last Action:
05/14/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to grants and programs for dropout prevention, high school success, and college and workforce readiness in public schools and student performance at certain community colleges.
Author:
Eissler | Zedler | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bolton | Rodriguez
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the administration of certain assessment instruments in public schools; providing a criminal penalty.
Author:
Van Arsdale | Flynn | Anderson | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bohac | Christian | Harless | Paxton
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Withdrawn from schedule
Caption:
Relating to the cancellation of the voter registration and to the eligibility to vote of persons who are deceased or not citizens of the United States.
Author:
Chisum | Keffer, Jim | Flynn | Homer | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | Christian | Cook, Robby | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to delivery of certain unclaimed money to a rural scholarship fund.
Author:
Gattis | Eiland | Otto
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the investment authority of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Author:
Delisi | Gonzalez Toureilles
Coauthor:
Aycock | Miller
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:
Driver
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to certain employment records maintained by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Eissler
Coauthor:
Aycock | Miller | Zedler
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a technology literacy assessment instrument to be administered to certain public school students.
Author:
Patrick | Smith, Todd
Coauthor:
Aycock | Pierson
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the expulsion and placement in alternative settings of public school students who engage in conduct constituting certain felonies and to assessment of public school students placed in disciplinary alternative education programs.
Author:
Woolley | Cook, Byron | Turner | Thompson | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Chisum | Woolley | Harper-Brown | Coleman
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to a moratorium on the inclusion of certain provisions in a comprehensive development agreement or the sale of a toll project and to the creation and duties of a study committee.
Author:
Bohac
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to provisional voting by a person who applied for an early voting ballot by mail.
Author:
Brown, Fred
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the use of land on the main campus of Texas A&M University in College Station.
Author:
Callegari
Coauthor:
Aycock | O'Day
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
05/26/2007 H Point of order sustained
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition of real property for public use.
Author:
Delisi | Homer | Hopson | Gonzales | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Aycock | King, Susan | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the distribution and redistribution of certain drugs.
Author:
Flynn | Cook, Byron | Truitt | Kolkhorst | McClendon
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the review and functions of the Veterans' Land Board.
Author:
Gattis
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to alternative procedures for plat revision of residential areas by a county.
Author:
Delisi | Eissler | Zerwas | Homer | McClendon
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Callegari | Castro | Cook, Byron | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives.
Author:
King, Susan | Anchia | Kolkhorst | Eissler
Coauthor:
Aycock | Heflin | Lucio III | O'Day
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to career and technical education provided by school districts and certain postsecondary institutions.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 12:07PM
Caption:
Relating to the authority of a chief appraiser to appeal from an order of an appraisal review board determining a taxpayer protest.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the qualifications and selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the determination of the total taxable value of property in a school district under the property value study conducted by the comptroller of public accounts.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 1:35PM
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of property tax professionals and appraisal review boards.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/20/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 20 2007 2:59PM
Caption:
Relating to the appeal through binding arbitration of a protest of an appraisal review board order, and to related complaints filed by a property owner and disciplinary action by the Board of Tax Professional Examiners; providing penalties.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bohac | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the contents of the notice of the meeting at which the governing body of a taxing unit will vote on a proposed ad valorem tax rate that will result in a tax revenue increase.
Author:
Otto | Hill | Kolkhorst | Ritter | Thompson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the delivery or filing of certain ad valorem tax notices.
Author:
Darby | Homer | Swinford | Isett, Carl | Chavez
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bolton | Brown, Fred | England | Hardcastle | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/23/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the transfer of Angelo State University to the Texas Tech University System.
Author:
Straus | Anchia | Crabb | King, Phil | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to energy demand, energy load, energy efficiency incentives, energy programs, and energy performance measures.
Author:
Morrison | Villarreal | McCall | Otto | Cook, Byron
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Aycock | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program.
Author:
Miller
Coauthor:
Aycock
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement and administration of certain programs by the Department of Agriculture.
Author:
Leibowitz | Chisum | Swinford | Heflin | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Urging Congress to provide further drought relief for Texas.
Author:
McClendon | Truitt | Dukes | Hardcastle | Giddings
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Expressing the commitment of the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas to providing a supplemental annuity in the form of a 13th check for eligible ERS retirees.
Author:
Swinford | Berman | Jackson, Jim | Creighton
Coauthor:
Aycock | Driver | Harless | Hartnett | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Expressing support for ongoing state-led border security operations to control the Texas-Mexico border and ensure the safety of the people of Texas.
Author:
Allen, Alma | Giddings | Bohac | Turner | Thompson
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Post-ratifying Amendment XXIV to the Constitution of the United States prohibiting the denial or abridgment of the right to vote for failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
Author:
Branch | Paxton | Anderson | Raymond | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
05/07/2007 H Failed of adoption
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by three-fourths of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
Author:
Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation one motor vehicle owned by an individual and used in the course of the owner's occupation or profession and also for personal activities of the owner.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds for the purpose of scientific research of all forms of human cancer.