Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 50
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:
Paxton | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Darby | Flynn | Zedler
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.
Author:
Naishtat | Turner | Hartnett
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Gallego | Garcia | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr. | et al.
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:
Delisi | Jackson, Jim | Bohac | Truitt
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | O'Day
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that state agencies report the cost of services and benefits provided to unlawful immigrants.
Author:
Chisum | Berman | Flynn | Christian | Macias
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | Howard, Charlie | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the protection of life, including unborn life, from the point of fertilization; providing penalties.
Author:
Zedler
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Laubenberg | Miller | Paxton
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation and dissolution of a covenant marriage.
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:
Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Cook, Robby | Herrero | Howard, Charlie | et al.
Last Action:
04/11/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the confiscation of firearms and ammunition during a state of disaster or emergency.
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:
Herrero | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Hilderbran | Turner
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | et al.
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a consumer debt owed by certain military personnel called to active duty.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Harper-Brown | Bohac | Parker | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Flynn | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental entities to participate in the federal work authorization program; providing a penalty.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Hancock | Crabb
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Christian | Hughes | Madden | et al.
Last Action:
01/31/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to parental approval of a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
Author:
Howard, Charlie
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Van Arsdale
Last Action:
04/10/2007 H Subcommittee members named
Caption:
Relating to estimating the rate of growth of the state's economy for purposes of the constitutional spending limit.
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 | 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:
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:
Zedler
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Paxton
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to a prohibition against the construction or operation by a local governmental entity of a day labor center used to facilitate the employment of aliens not lawfully present in the United States.
Author:
Zedler
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian
Last Action:
02/08/2007 H Referred to Government Reform
Caption:
Relating to requiring governmental entities and contractors with governmental entities to verify employee information through the federal work authorization program.
Author:
Riddle
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of immigration laws by local governments.
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:
Riddle | Berman | Flynn | Hilderbran | Branch
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.
Sponsor:
Patrick, Dan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag.
Author:
Orr
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty
Last Action:
02/28/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the assessment of costs, attorney's fees, and additional damages in condemnation proceedings.
Author:
Hughes | Rodriguez | Smithee | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to advance directives or health care or treatment decisions made by or on behalf of patients.
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:
Hughes
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Howard, Charlie
Last Action:
02/13/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to human papilloma virus vaccine requirements.
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:
Deshotel | Delisi | Bonnen | Howard, Donna
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Eiland | England | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/11/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to human papillomavirus education programs.
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:
Zedler | Flynn
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian
Last Action:
02/21/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to exemplary damages awarded to an illegal immigrant.
Author:
Jackson, Jim | Berman | Harper-Brown | Laubenberg | Paxton
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian
Last Action:
03/28/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting a grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund to an employer who employs one or more persons who are not lawfully entitled to be present and employed in the United States.
Author:
Howard, Charlie | Flynn
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an embryo except in an adoption proceeding; providing a penalty.
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:
Isett, Carl | Hopson | Macias | Anderson
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Cook, Robby | Davis, John | Frost | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses that involve carrying weapons on a person's property or in a person's vehicle.
Author:
Truitt | Pena | Branch | Latham | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Bohac | Brown, Betty | Christian | Cohen | et al.
Sponsor:
Whitmire
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the punishment for and prevention of the offense of burglary of vehicles.
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:
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:
Gonzales
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and practice of psychological associates.
Author:
Isett, Carl
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Macias | Van Arsdale
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Relating to the limit on the rate of growth in appropriations and to the authority of the comptroller to reduce the state sales tax rate for designated periods.
Author:
Isett, Carl | Bohac
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Van Arsdale
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to certain limitations on the ad valorem tax rates of certain taxing units.
Author:
Howard, Charlie | Chisum
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools.
Author:
Callegari | Miller | Truitt
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Isett, Carl
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to reform of the manner in which certain public entities are protected from large risks associated with employee health benefits.
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:
Isett, Carl | Callegari
Coauthor:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Davis, John
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the rate of growth of appropriations from all sources of revenue except the federal government; to establish a disaster fund, managed by the governor, for use to prepare for or respond to a natural disaster or emergency; to fund the property tax relief fund; to require a gubernatorial declaration before money may be appropriated from the economic stabilization fund; and to authorize the legislature to appropriate money for tax rebates; making a constitutional appropriation.
Author:
Paxton | Flynn
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring any increase in a franchise tax rate to be approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house of the legislature.
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:
Jackson, Jim | Flynn
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Hardcastle
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the election of the speaker of the house of representatives by a public vote conducted by a roll call vote or electronic voting machine.
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.