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:
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:
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:
Turner | Davis, John | Dukes | England | Pena
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Bohac | et al.
Sponsor:
Averitt | Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to eligibility for and information regarding the child health plan program.
Author:
Olivo | Raymond | Veasey | Mowery | Dutton
Coauthor:
Burnam | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the promotion of students to certain grade levels in public schools.
Author:
Olivo | Raymond | Veasey | Dutton
Coauthor:
Burnam | Castro | Chavez | Chisum | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
01/30/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to the requirements for a high school diploma.
Author:
Gonzalez Toureilles | Driver | Turner | Chavez
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Bolton | Cohen | Escobar | et al.
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the provision of intervention or counseling services to certain persons who have committed family violence and to a process for accrediting those services.
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:
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:
Martinez Fischer | Van Arsdale | Gonzalez Toureilles | Pena | Herrero
Coauthor:
Escobar
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or mandatory supervision.
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:
Alonzo | Homer | Martinez Fischer | Davis, Yvonne | Hodge
Coauthor:
Escobar | Gallego | Gonzalez Toureilles | Herrero | Raymond | et al.
Last Action:
03/07/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Keffer, Jim | Gonzalez Toureilles | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Escobar | Hamilton
Sponsor:
Eltife
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Paxton | Lucio III
Coauthor:
Escobar | Hughes
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the carrying of weapons by certain judges and justices and district and county attorneys.
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:
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:
Hughes | Gonzalez Toureilles | Gattis | Leibowitz | Alonzo
Coauthor:
Escobar
Sponsor:
Wentworth
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the compensation paid to retired and former judges or justices while assigned as visiting judges in certain courts.
Author:
Bolton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Cohen | et al.
Sponsor:
Hinojosa
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the ability of certain advocacy and support groups to provide services for children confined in Texas Youth Commission facilities.
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:
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:
Gallego | Dunnam | Naishtat | Coleman | Thompson
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Bolton | Burnam | Castro | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Ann Richards, 45th governor of Texas.
Author:
Gallego | Puente | Martinez Fischer | Menendez | Castro
Coauthor:
Anchia | Bolton | Chisum | Craddick | Dukes | et al.
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
In memory of the Honorable Frank Madla of San Antonio.
Author:
Rodriguez | Anchia
Coauthor:
Alonzo | Bolton | Burnam | Castro | Escobar | et al.
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Requesting that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reconsider all alternatives to the detention of immigrant and asylum-seeking families.
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:
Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bohac | Burnam | et al.
Last Action:
02/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes.
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.