Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 70
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:
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:
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:
Solomons
Coauthor:
Christian | Flynn | Jackson, Jim | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action:
05/04/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the requirement that applicants for certain licenses be eligible for employment in the United States.
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:
Paxton | Flynn | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Christian | Jackson, Jim | Zedler
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring certain applicants for and recipients of medical assistance to provide proof of citizenship or nationality and of identity.
Author:
Riddle
Coauthor:
Christian
Last Action:
02/28/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote and accepting a voter at a polling place.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Madden | Eissler
Coauthor:
Christian | Macias
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the creation and operation of a state virtual school network to provide education to students through electronic means.
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 | 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:
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:
Puente | Laubenberg | Cook, Byron | Farrar | Veasey
Coauthor:
Anchia | Christian | Crownover | Hernandez | Straus
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/17/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to information regarding umbilical cord blood options.
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:
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:
Harper-Brown | Brown, Betty | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Christian | Paxton
Last Action:
02/08/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to requiring that a driver's license, personal identification certificate, or commercial driver's license issued by the Department of Public Safety state whether the holder is a citizen of the United States.
Author:
Isett, Carl
Coauthor:
Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | Paxton
Last Action:
04/04/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to an exemption from the sales and use tax for certain assessments and fees related to telecommunications services.
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:
Van Arsdale | Jackson, Jim | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Christian | Taylor
Last Action:
04/25/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to exemplary damages awarded to a noncitizen.
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:
Orr | Taylor | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg
Coauthor:
Anchia | Christian | Davis, John
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the delegation of certain medical acts by a physician to an advanced practice nurse or physician assistant.
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:
Harper-Brown | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Christian
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to requiring that certain tests required for the issuance of a commercial driver's license be conducted in English.
Author:
Hilderbran | Gattis
Coauthor:
Christian | Cook, Robby | King, Phil | Murphy | O'Day | et al.
Last Action:
02/14/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of immigration laws.
Author:
Creighton | Callegari | Phillips | Taylor | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | Flynn | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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:
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:
Paxton | Bailey | Flynn | Eiland
Coauthor:
Christian | Hughes | King, Phil | Macias | Miller | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of expenditures for lobbying and legislative communication by local governmental entities.
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:
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:
Zedler | Flynn | Paxton
Coauthor:
Christian | King, Phil
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the identification information required of applicants for a driver's license or for certain public benefits, public services, or governmental employment.
Author:
Gattis | Hopson | Taylor | Gonzalez Toureilles | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Christian | Escobar | Swinford
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the delivery of prescription drugs for certain state health plans by mail order and to the payment of certain pharmacy or pharmacist claims; providing an administrative penalty.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Crabb
Coauthor:
Christian
Last Action:
03/06/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the creation of the offense of criminal trespass by illegal aliens and to certain procedures for arresting illegal aliens suspected of committing criminal offenses.
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:
Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Crabb | Macias | Paxton
Last Action:
03/12/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the use of public funds to print certain public documents in a language other than English and other bilingual requirements.
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:
Gattis | Flynn
Coauthor:
Christian | Eissler | O'Day
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Transportation
Caption:
Relating to the public and governmental oversight of the design, financing, construction, and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor project.
Author:
Paxton | Hughes | Eissler | Keffer, Jim | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to school district property tax rate reductions.
Author:
Swinford | Cook, Robby | Chisum | McReynolds | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Christian | Escobar | King, Susan
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to assessment of certain insurers to fund the volunteer fire department assistance fund.
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:
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:
Corte, Frank
Coauthor:
Christian
Last Action:
02/21/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to limit the public taking of private property.
Author:
Solomons
Coauthor:
Christian | Macias
Last Action:
02/21/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the public taking of private property for private use.
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
Coauthor:
Christian
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Appropriations
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to reduce the amount of an item of appropriation in an appropriations bill.
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:
Elkins | Bailey | Bonnen | Leibowitz | Callegari
Coauthor:
Anchia | Berman | Bohac | Brown, Fred | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
04/30/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to override a veto of the governor following a legislative session.