Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 40
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:
Swinford | Escobar | Christian | Woolley | Guillen
Coauthor:
Aycock | Crabb | Creighton | Flynn | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/25/2007 S Returned from the House for further action
Caption:
Relating to homeland security issues, including border security issues and law enforcement.
Author:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Christian | Riddle
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Flynn | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | Zedler
Last Action:
01/29/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of an individual born in this state whose parents are illegal aliens to receive state benefits.
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:
Naishtat
Coauthor:
Flynn
Sponsor:
Zaffirini
Last Action:
05/14/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the collection and analysis of information relating to certain sexual offenses.
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:
Smith, Todd | Goolsby | Callegari | Anchia
Coauthor:
Driver | Flynn | Hardcastle | Hill | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Last Action:
04/02/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety and certain local law enforcement agencies to establish a checkpoint on a highway or street to determine whether persons are driving while intoxicated.
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:
Hochberg | Crabb
Coauthor:
Flynn | Zedler
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the limitation on the maximum percentage increase in the appraised value of a residence homestead for ad valorem taxation.
Author:
Phillips
Coauthor:
Flynn | Hardcastle | Macias
Last Action:
03/13/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to sales of certain regulated material and to the criminal penalties for violations relating to those sales.
Author:
King, Phil | Christian | Macias | Paxton | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Flynn | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
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:
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:
Kolkhorst | Parker
Coauthor:
Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Flynn | Harless | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to restrictions on the use of certain public subsidies.
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:
Hartnett
Coauthor:
Flynn
Last Action:
03/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to compensation paid to statutory county court judges and certain fees collected by statutory county courts.
Author:
Goolsby | Laubenberg | Macias | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Flynn | Hughes | Isett, Carl | Parker | Paxton | et al.
Last Action:
04/17/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to participation in school district services and activities by home-schooled students.
Author:
Macias | Chisum | Madden
Coauthor:
Eissler | Flynn | Parker
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to implementation of a comprehensive character education and training pilot program at certain Texas Youth Commission facilities.
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:
Cook, Byron | Truitt | McClendon | Kolkhorst
Coauthor:
Flynn | Jones, Delwin
Sponsor:
Brimer
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the licensing and regulation of structural pest control by the Department of Agriculture and the abolition of the Texas Structural Pest Control Board.
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:
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:
McReynolds | Chisum | Hughes | Haggerty | Homer
Coauthor:
Chavez | Cook, Robby | Deshotel | Flynn | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the delay of retail electric competition in certain areas of the state.
Author:
Garcia | Herrero | Ortiz, Jr.
Coauthor:
Eissler | Flynn | Hopson | Martinez, "Mando"
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to providing psychological counseling to jurors or alternate jurors in certain criminal trials.
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:
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:
Coleman | Dutton
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Burnam | Castro | Chavez | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to the governance of certain state agencies.
Author:
Solomons
Coauthor:
Flynn | Paxton | Zedler
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Directing the attorney general to seek recovery of money from the federal government for costs incurred by the state in dealing with illegal immigration and to demand federal enforcement of federal immigration laws.
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:
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:
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.