Texas Legislature

Author:

Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Dukes | Cook, Byron

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

04/19/2007 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to the allocation and use of the sporting goods sales tax revenue to fund state and local parks.

Author:

Keffer, Jim | Rose | Delisi | Morrison | Thompson

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.

Nelson

06/13/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment

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

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Bailey | Bohac | et al.

Averitt | Van de Putte

06/15/2007 E Effective immediately

Relating to eligibility for and information regarding the child health plan program.

Author:

Delisi | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Garcia | Haggerty

Aycock | Crabb | Farabee | Gonzalez Toureilles | Guillen | et al.

Van de Putte

06/15/2007 E Effective immediately

Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for the children of certain military personnel.

Author:

Gallego | Raymond

Alonzo | Anchia | Burnam | Castro | Coleman | et al.

04/24/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to health benefit plan coverage for certain prosthetic devices, orthotic devices, and related services.

Author:

Driver | King, Phil | Talton | Rose | Riddle

Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.

03/19/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call

Relating to the use of force or deadly force in defense of a person.

Author:

Herrero | Corte, Frank | Escobar | Hilderbran | Turner

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | et al.

05/02/2007 H Considered in Calendars

Relating to a consumer debt owed by certain military personnel called to active duty.

Author:

Anchia | Heflin | Cook, Robby

Bohac | Frost | Garcia | Gonzales | Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.

04/12/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to the development of a state strategy for increasing the availability of low-emission automotive fuels for Texas drivers.

Author:

Miller | Kolkhorst | Hughes | Anderson | Cook, Robby

Aycock | Bailey | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

Estes

05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar

Relating to participation in an animal identification system.

Author:

Turner | Bonnen | Giddings | Bohac | Homer

Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Brown, Fred | et al.

05/01/2007 S Referred to Finance

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

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.

02/06/2007 H Referred to Pensions and Investments

Relating to prohibiting the investment of state funds in certain private business entities doing business in Sudan.

Author:

Smithee | Paxton | Bonnen

Anderson | Berman | Brown, Fred | Christian | Coleman | et al.

04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.

Author:

Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby

Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Williams

06/15/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment

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

Anchia | Anderson | Bailey | Bohac | Bonnen | et al.

Patrick, Dan

06/15/2007 E Effective immediately

Relating to the pledge of allegiance to the state flag.

Author:

McClendon | Truitt | Pena | Otto | Kolkhorst

Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.

04/19/2007 S Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the state contribution to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, including a one-time supplemental annuity payment.

Author:

Driver | Eissler

Guillen

05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to a requirement that certain motor vehicle manufacturers provide key codes and other vehicle access information to registered locksmiths.

Author:

Woolley | Cook, Byron | Turner | Thompson | Hardcastle

Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | Bolton | et al.

04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee

Relating to the regulation of the use of human cells and tissue, including a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.

Author:

Kolkhorst | Chisum | Woolley | Harper-Brown | Coleman

Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | Berman | et al.

03/14/2007 H Referred to Transportation

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:

Homer | Hopson | Frost | Rose | Smithee

Castro | Coleman | Garcia | Geren | Guillen | et al.

03/20/2007 H Referred to Insurance

Relating to the election of the commissioner of insurance.

Author:

Morrison | Villarreal | McCall | Otto | Cook, Byron

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Aycock | Bailey | Bohac | et al.

Shapiro

06/15/2007 E Effective immediately

Relating to the Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program.

Author:

Rodriguez | Hardcastle | Rose | Deshotel | Eissler

Coleman | Davis, John | Gonzales | Guillen | Isett, Carl | et al.

Ellis

06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor

Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to eliminate the 24-month Medicare waiting period for participants in Social Security Disability Insurance.

Author:

Leibowitz | Chisum | Swinford | Heflin | Hardcastle

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | et al.

Seliger

06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor

Urging Congress to provide further drought relief for Texas.

Author:

Allen, Alma | Giddings | Bohac | Turner | Thompson

Alonzo | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bailey | et al.

Ellis

05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar

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

Aycock | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Brown, Betty | et al.

05/07/2007 H Failed of adoption

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:

Hilderbran | Keffer, Jim | Otto | Martinez Fischer | Cook, Robby

Alonzo | Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Bohac | et al.

Williams

05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State

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

Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.

Nelson

05/29/2007 E Filed with the Secretary of State

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.

Author:

Escobar | Gonzales | Martinez, "Mando" | Flores | Oliveira

Guillen | Lucio III | Moreno, Paul | Ortiz, Jr. | Pena

05/17/2007 H Referred to Defense Affairs & State-Fed Rel

Urging Congress to support the construction of a veterans hospital in the Rio Grande Valley.