Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 29
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:
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:
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:
Raymond | Homer | Swinford | Chisum | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Branch | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to exempting a religious bible from attachment, execution, or other seizure for the satisfaction of debts.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Heflin
Coauthor:
Branch
Sponsor:
Seliger
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to abolishing the office of inspector of hides and animals.
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:
Strama
Coauthor:
Branch | Howard, Donna | Straus | Villarreal
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to eligibility of voters to sign ballot access petitions.
Author:
Bonnen | Gattis | Rodriguez | Crabb | Leibowitz
Coauthor:
Branch | England | Hernandez
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a program for the recycling of computer equipment of consumers in this state; providing administrative penalties.
Author:
Morrison | Laubenberg | Woolley | Alonzo | Patrick
Coauthor:
Branch
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/12/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to engineering recruitment programs established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Author:
Strama | Hughes | Van Arsdale | Garcia | Paxton
Coauthor:
Anderson | Bailey | Bohac | Branch | Crabb | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the availability of information about state expenditures and rules, including the creation of a state database containing information on state expenditures, and to certain comptroller reports, and to certain amounts received by institutions of higher education.
Author:
Rose | Keffer, Jim | Deshotel | McCall | Gonzales
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Branch | Hughes | O'Day
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the promotion by the governor's office of economic development of Texas manufactured products; providing civil and administrative penalties.
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:
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:
Vaught | Noriega, Rick | Escobar | Garcia | Vo
Coauthor:
Branch | McReynolds | Rodriguez
Last Action:
04/24/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the inspection of veterans homes and reporting the status and quality of health care provided to veterans.
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:
Keffer, Jim | Ritter | Otto | Paxton | Pitts
Coauthor:
Berman | Branch | Creighton
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to technical changes to the revised franchise tax.
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:
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:
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.