Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 45
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:
Berman
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to the penalty for discarding lighted smoking materials from a motor vehicle.
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:
Phillips | Herrero | Rose | Vaught | Bonnen
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Natural Resources
Caption:
Relating to exempting certain current or former military personnel from the hunter education program.
Author:
Brown, Betty | Berman | Bohac | Riddle
Coauthor:
Aycock | Christian | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/16/2007 S Co-sponsor authorized
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
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:
Berman
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
04/10/2007 H Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
Caption:
Relating to interest and income earned on money deposited in the Texas cultural endowment fund.
Author:
Madden | Dukes | Hartnett | Delisi | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Anchia | Aycock | Bolton | Brown, Betty | Cohen | et al.
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to a competitive grant program to fund nurse-family partnership programs in certain communities in this state.
Author:
Quintanilla
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to requiring a standard change interval for a yellow signal at intersections at which a municipality uses a photographic traffic monitoring system to enforce compliance with a traffic-control signal.
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:
Orr | Bonnen | Otto | Pena | Cook, Robby
Coauthor:
Aycock | Chisum | Cook, Byron | Darby | Frost | et al.
Last Action:
04/19/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to the exemption of volunteer fire departments from certain motor fuel taxes.
Author:
Davis, Yvonne | Goolsby | Thompson | Naishtat
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Farabee | Farrar | et al.
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to a silver alert for missing senior citizens.
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:
Pitts | Branch | Goolsby | Anchia | Crownover
Coauthor:
Berman | Delisi | Geren | Hilderbran | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor:
Carona
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to mutual assistance agreements entered into by certain municipalities and private institutions of higher education for the purpose of enforcing state law and to additional powers, privileges, and immunities of peace officers employed by private institutions of higher education.
Author:
Flynn
Coauthor:
Hilderbran | King, Susan
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to possession of firearms and ammunition in certain foster homes.
Author:
Deshotel | Delisi | Bonnen | Howard, Donna
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | Eiland | England | King, Susan | et al.
Sponsor:
Nelson
Last Action:
05/11/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to human papillomavirus education programs.
Author:
Van Arsdale | O'Day | Goolsby | Cook, Byron | Strama
Coauthor:
Aycock | Branch | Christian | Eissler | Jackson, Jim | et al.
Sponsor:
Fraser
Last Action:
05/24/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to venue in civil actions under the Jones Act.
Author:
Crownover | Naishtat | Villarreal | Delisi | Eissler
Coauthor:
Allen, Alma | Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Brown, Fred | et al.
Sponsor:
Shapleigh
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the Communities In Schools program.
Author:
Geren
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the determination of eligibility for Medicaid for certain persons in the armed forces and their family members.
Author:
Cohen | Dukes | Delisi | Hartnett | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Anchia | King, Susan | Zedler
Sponsor:
West, Royce
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 1/1/08
Caption:
Relating to the imposition and use of a fee on certain sexually oriented businesses and certain programs for the prevention of sexual assault.
Author:
Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Sponsor:
Ogden
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the remedies available in connection with certain disputes between producers of natural gas and persons who gather or transport the gas.
Author:
Keffer, Jim | Deshotel | Hardcastle | Farabee | Branch
Coauthor:
Christian | Cook, Byron | Creighton | Flores | Hamilton | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
03/28/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the acquisition or disclosure of the social security number of a living person by a governmental body, including by a district or county clerk.
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:
Truitt | Cook, Byron | McClendon | Kolkhorst | Flynn
Coauthor:
King, Susan | Pena | Villarreal
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the regulation of the practice of nursing and the renaming of the Board of Nurse Examiners as the Texas Board of Nursing.
Author:
Truitt | Davis, John | Rose | Isett, Carl | McReynolds
Coauthor:
Burnam | Callegari | Farabee | Gonzales | Hilderbran | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to the functions of local mental health and mental retardation authorities.
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:
Swinford | Cook, Robby | Chisum | McReynolds | Keffer, Jim
Coauthor:
Christian | Escobar | King, Susan
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to assessment of certain insurers to fund the volunteer fire department assistance fund.
Author:
Delisi | Homer | Hopson | Gonzales | Zerwas
Coauthor:
Aycock | King, Susan | Ortiz, Jr.
Last Action:
05/09/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the distribution and redistribution of certain drugs.
Author:
Hilderbran
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Last Action:
03/19/2007 H Referred to Higher Education
Caption:
Relating to funding of the tuition equalization grant program.
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:
McReynolds
Coauthor:
King, Susan
Sponsor:
Nichols
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to a diabetes demonstration pilot program.
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:
Rodriguez | Hardcastle | Rose | Deshotel | Eissler
Coauthor:
Coleman | Davis, John | Gonzales | Guillen | Isett, Carl | et al.
Sponsor:
Ellis
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Signed by the Governor
Caption:
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
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:
McClendon | Truitt | Dukes | Hardcastle | Giddings
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Darby | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
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:
Swinford | Berman | Jackson, Jim | Creighton
Coauthor:
Aycock | Driver | Harless | Hartnett | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Transportation & Homeland Sec.
Caption:
Expressing support for ongoing state-led border security operations to control the Texas-Mexico border and ensure the safety of the people of 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:
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.