Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 38
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:
Crownover | King, Phil | Woolley | Hamilton | Escobar
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Berman | Bolton | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/23/2007 S Placed on intent calendar
Caption:
Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places; providing penalties.
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:
Ritter | Howard, Charlie | Merritt | Guillen | Farabee
Coauthor:
Chavez | Crabb | Gallego | Hopson | Hughes | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
05/24/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to a waiver or reduction of concealed handgun license fees for certain members and veterans of the military.
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:
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:
Hughes | Kolkhorst | Anderson
Coauthor:
Aycock | Bonnen | Cook, Robby | Gallego | Hopson | et al.
Last Action:
02/06/2007 H Referred to Agriculture and Livestock
Caption:
Relating to making participation in an animal identification program voluntary.
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:
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:
Callegari | Flynn | Murphy | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Christian | Davis, John | Frost | et al.
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to a bill of rights for property owners whose property may be acquired by governmental or private entities through the use of eminent domain authority.
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:
Kolkhorst | Lucio III | O'Day | Anchia | Herrero
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Cook, Byron | Eissler | Heflin | Hopson | et al.
Last Action:
05/01/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to career and technology programs and certain articulation agreements in public schools.
Author:
Patrick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anderson | Aycock | Bolton | Callegari | et al.
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution of an offense prohibiting the exhibition, use, or threatened exhibition or use of a firearm in or on school property or a school bus.
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:
Woolley | Cook, Byron | Turner | Thompson | Hardcastle
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Aycock | Bailey | Bolton | et al.
Last Action:
04/12/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
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
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:
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:
Hardcastle | Deshotel | Darby | Solomons | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Brown, Fred | Burnam | Hopson | Miller
Sponsor:
Averitt
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E See remarks for effective date
Caption:
Relating to the implementation of advanced clean energy projects and other environmentally protective projects in this state.
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:
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:
Noriega, Rick
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Bailey | Bohac | Crabb | Davis, John | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
05/10/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
Honoring Art Briles, head coach of the University of Houston football team, for his achievements.
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:
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:
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.
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.
Author:
Hernandez
Coauthor:
Hopson
Last Action:
05/31/2007 H Reported enrolled: May 31 2007 2:12PM
Caption:
Honoring Namitha Jacob of Missouri City for her participation in the Texas Legislative Internship Program.