Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 40
Author:
Riddle | Berman | Pena | Vaught | Escobar
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bohac | Christian | Cook, Byron | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and supervision of certain sex offenders and to certain crimes involving sex offenders.
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:
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:
King, Phil | Farabee | Driver | Guillen | Ritter
Coauthor:
Berman | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crabb | Herrero | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a concealed handgun.
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:
Chisum | Naishtat | Crownover | Berman | Truitt
Coauthor:
Chavez | Cook, Byron | Gallego | Howard, Donna | Keffer, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a home-delivered meal grant program in the Department of Agriculture.
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:
Turner | Bonnen | Giddings | Bohac | Homer
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the system benefit fund and to eligibility for and enrollment for benefits provided under the system benefit fund programs.
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:
Ritter | Smith, Wayne | Davis, John | Callegari
Coauthor:
Cook, Byron | Garcia | Talton
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the liability of certain licensed or registered professionals for damages arising from certain services provided during an emergency.
Author:
Smithee | Paxton | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Fred | Christian | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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:
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:
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:
Pierson | Pena | Truitt | Veasey
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bohac | Bolton | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Harris
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the penalties for intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter and to the sentencing of defendants convicted of those offenses.
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:
Morrison | Swinford | Gattis | Brown, Betty | Flynn
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bonnen | Callegari | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to information related to the performance of an abortion; creating an offense.
Author:
Kolkhorst | Lucio III | O'Day | Anchia | Herrero
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Cook, Byron | Eissler | Heflin | Hopson | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to career and technology programs and certain articulation agreements in public schools.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Deshotel | Hardcastle | Farabee | Branch
Coauthor:
Christian | Cook, Byron | Creighton | Flores | Hamilton | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
03/28/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition or disclosure of the social security number of a living person by a governmental body, including by a district or county clerk.
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:
Deshotel | Eissler | Escobar | Flynn | Delisi
Coauthor:
Chavez | Cook, Byron | Villarreal
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:
Cook, Robby | Hamilton | McReynolds | Frost | Homer
Coauthor:
Cook, Byron
Last Action:
04/11/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the construction of reservoirs and assessing fees on water impounded in a reservoir.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to funding for programs that support the development of healthy marriages or the strengthening of families.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to marriage education courses for couples considering divorce and the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements for issuance of a marriage license, including an optional premarital education course.
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:
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:
Hilderbran | Hardcastle | Heflin | Davis, John
Coauthor:
Cook, Byron | Darby | Delisi | Eiland | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the liability and indemnification of directors of soil and water conservation districts.
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:
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:
Paxton | Hughes | Taylor | Harper-Brown | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Callegari | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding limitations on taxation and expenditures by the state government and local governments.
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.