Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
02/08/2007 H Referred to Business & Industry
Caption:
Relating to a consumer's option to prevent the sale of the consumer's financial information by a financial institution; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/17/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to an optional preauthorization plan for the workers' compensation return-to-work pilot program for small employers.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the statute of limitations for the offenses of credit card or debit card abuse, false statement to obtain property or credit, and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.
Author:
Giddings | Solomons | Leibowitz
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the cost of obtaining copies of an injured employee's medical records for use by an ombudsman under the office of injured employee counsel's ombudsman program; providing an administrative violation.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
04/10/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to intensive preparation academies to prepare public school students to take a state exit-level assessment instrument..
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to professional licensing requirements for independent review of certain medical decisions regarding workers' compensation claims.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the right of an injured employee to time off from work for treatment of a compensable injury; providing an administrative penalty.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the timely submission of a claim for payment by a workers' compensation health care provider.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to doctor licensing requirements for peer review, utilization, and retrospective review of medical decisions regarding workers' compensation claims.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
04/10/2007 H No action taken in committee
Caption:
Relating to the low income vehicle repair assistance, retrofit, and accelerated vehicle retirement program.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to donations of juror reimbursements.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the assignment of a public school student to an inexperienced and uncertified teacher.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/06/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of information by a school district relating to certain offenses committed by certain students.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to business entities and associations.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to urban land bank demonstration programs.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Referred to Public Health
Caption:
Relating to establishing a demonstration project for the regional delivery of tertiary care services.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a school of pharmacy in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a grant program to promote good citizenship.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to information obtained regarding the sale of plastic bulk merchandise containers; providing civil penalties.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to notification to check verification entities that a customer is a victim of identity theft and the consequences of the notice.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/27/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the approval of certain checks by a check verification entity following notification that the issuer was a victim of identity theft; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Lucio
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to requiring that a doctor who reviews a workers' compensation case be certified in a professional specialty appropriate to the care received by the injured employee.
Author:
Giddings | Berman | Crabb | Turner | Martinez Fischer
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Not again placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the date of the primary election and related procedures.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/14/2007 S Referred to Education
Caption:
Relating to the issuance of citations to certain students on school property during regular school hours.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the student enrollment required for the issuance of certain revenue bonds for facilities at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/04/2007 H Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
Caption:
Relating to African American studies programs and course work at certain public junior colleges.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Removed from local & uncontested calendar
Caption:
Relating to student representation on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and certain coordinating board advisory committees.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to a pilot project to lower teacher turnover rates in high-need public school districts.
Author:
Giddings | Vaught
Last Action:
04/10/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the development of college preparatory mathematics and science courses for use in public high schools.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/03/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to providing notice to the Department of Family and Protective Services of investigations of family violence at certain foster homes.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/10/2007 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Caption:
Relating to the transmission of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message.
Author:
Giddings
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to school bus safety; creating an offense.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/20/2007 H Referred to Public Education
Caption:
Relating to offender education facilitation.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/28/2007 S Received from the House
Caption:
Designating the Lancaster Visitors Center as an auxiliary Texas museum.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
01/11/2007 H Reported enrolled: Jan 11 2007 2:37PM
Caption:
Declaring that the House of Representatives will not meet on Monday, January 15, 2007, in observance of Martin Luther King Day.
Author:
Giddings | McClendon | Dukes
Last Action:
02/07/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 7 2007 9:54AM
Caption:
Honoring NASA astronaut Joan Higginbotham for her contributions to the national space program.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
02/15/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 15 2007 8:17AM
Caption:
Honoring award-winning photographer Irwin Thompson of The Dallas Morning News.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
02/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Feb 26 2007 10:04AM
Caption:
Welcoming Leadership Southwest to the State Capitol.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/16/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 16 2007 8:10AM
Caption:
Congratulating the photojournalism team of the Dallas Morning News on winning the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 5 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Honoring Dr. Robert C. Simmons of DeSoto for serving as Pastor for the Day on March 1, 2007.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
03/15/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 15 2007 8:00AM
Caption:
Recognizing March 14, 2007, as Statewide Minority Business Enterprise Public Policy Day at the State Capitol.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 26 2007 1:03PM
Caption:
Congratulating the Cedar Hill High School football team for winning the 5A Division II state football championship.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 26 2007 1:03PM
Caption:
Congratulating the South Oak Cliff boys' basketball team on winning the 2007 UIL Class 4A State Boys' Basketball Championship.
Author:
Giddings | Goolsby
Last Action:
05/11/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 11 2007 11:30AM
Caption:
Honoring former Dallas Cowboy Everson Walls for donating a kidney to his ailing former teammate, Ron Springs.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/16/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 16 2007 7:25PM
Caption:
Commending Janine Burman Nicolau for her work as a participant in the Texas Legislative Internship Program.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/21/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 21 2007 10:43AM
Caption:
In memory of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Brian L. Mintzlaff of Fort Worth.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/31/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2007 2:12PM
Caption:
Requesting certain junior college districts to evaluate the implementation of an African American studies program.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/31/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2007 2:12PM
Caption:
Honoring Beverly Humphrey for her success as Lancaster High School athletic director and head coach of the girls track and field team.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/31/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2007 2:12PM
Caption:
Recognizing the Lancaster Visitors Center as an auxiliary Texas museum.
Author:
Giddings
Last Action:
05/31/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2007 2:12PM
Caption:
Honoring entertainer and activist Dick Gregory.
Author:
Chavez | Hilderbran | Strama | Dukes | Giddings
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the advertising, promoting, and conducting of certain live musical performances; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Branch | Giddings | Solomons | Howard, Donna | Chavez
Sponsor:
Van de Putte
Last Action:
05/18/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to credit card marketing activities at postsecondary educational institutions; providing a civil penalty.
Author:
Pickett | Driver | Giddings | Solomons | Guillen
Last Action:
04/30/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.
Author:
Turner | Bonnen | Giddings | Bohac | Homer
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
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:
Branch | Giddings | Crownover
Last Action:
04/23/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the establishment of a law school in the city of Dallas by the University of North Texas System.
Author:
Dukes | Strama | Giddings | Isett, Carl | Hilderbran
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to incentives for the film, television, and multimedia production industries.
Author:
Hodge | Anchia | Branch | Giddings
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
05/25/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the designation of the structure on Interstate 30 connecting the east and west levee of the Trinity River as the Margaret McDermott Bridge.
Author:
Gallego | Solomons | Straus | Giddings
Sponsor:
Watson
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the conveyance of certain residential real property encumbered by a lien.
Author:
Eissler | Bonnen | Madden | King, Susan | Giddings
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:
Eissler | Giddings | Woolley | Hochberg | Guillen
Sponsor:
Shapiro
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to grants and programs for dropout prevention, high school success, and college and workforce readiness in public schools.
Author:
McClendon | Truitt | Dukes | Hardcastle | Giddings
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Expressing the commitment of the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas to providing a supplemental annuity in the form of a 13th check for eligible ERS retirees.
Author:
Allen, Alma | Giddings | Bohac | Turner | Thompson
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:
Hill | Madden | Branch | Giddings | Goolsby
Last Action:
03/28/2007 H Reported enrolled: Mar 28 2007 9:45PM
Caption:
Honoring the McDermott Scholars Program and those affiliated with the group on the occasion of their visit to the State Capitol.