Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 38
Author:
Berman | McReynolds | Flynn | Goolsby | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Bohac | Cook, Robby | Crabb | Creighton | Delisi | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
05/04/2007 E Effective on adoption of const. amendment
Caption:
Relating to providing for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed by a school district on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the school district's tax rate and protecting a school district against any resulting loss in local revenue.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Farabee | Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Hardcastle
Last Action:
02/22/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to providing a discounted rate for electricity provided to school districts.
Author:
Van Arsdale | Flynn | Rose | Giddings | McClendon
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Alonzo | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | et al.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
Coleman | Thompson
Coauthor:
Hardcastle
Last Action:
03/26/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to health benefit plan coverage for acute or chronic medical conditions.
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:
Homer
Coauthor:
Hardcastle
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a ban on human cloning; providing penalties.
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:
Strama | Turner | Anchia | Gonzales | Dukes
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Burnam | Cohen | Coleman | Eiland | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the provision of certain services and information related to unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
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:
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:
King, Susan
Coauthor:
Hardcastle | Keffer, Jim
Last Action:
03/14/2007 H Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to the development of a regional water supply reservoir project at a site known as Cedar Ridge in Haskell, Shackelford, and Throckmorton Counties, Texas.
Author:
King, Susan
Coauthor:
Anchia | Hardcastle | Heflin | Olivo | Zerwas
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the registration requirements for sex offenders residing in certain health care facilities.
Author:
Darby | Homer | Swinford | Isett, Carl | Chavez
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bolton | Brown, Fred | England | Hardcastle | et al.
Sponsor:
Duncan
Last Action:
05/23/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the transfer of Angelo State University to the Texas Tech University System.
Author:
Straus | Anchia | Crabb | King, Phil | Oliveira
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | Burnam | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to energy demand, energy load, energy efficiency incentives, energy programs, and energy performance measures.
Author:
Strama | Straus | Naishtat | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Cook, Robby | Farabee | Hardcastle | Howard, Charlie | Howard, Donna
Sponsor:
Brimer
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Authorizing the placement of a monument commemorating the federal Bill of Rights.
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:
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:
Jackson, Jim | Flynn
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Hardcastle
Last Action:
03/05/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment to require the election of the speaker of the house of representatives by a public vote conducted by a roll call vote or electronic voting machine.
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.