Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 29
Author:
Riddle | Berman | Pena | Vaught | Escobar
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Bohac | Christian | Cook, Byron | et al.
Sponsor:
Deuell
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and supervision of certain sex offenders and to certain crimes involving sex offenders.
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:
Paxton | Olivo | Escobar | Chisum | Parker
Coauthor:
Anderson | Aycock | Berman | Brown, Betty | Brown, Fred | et al.
Last Action:
04/16/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the use of state money for certain biomedical research.
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:
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:
Hilderbran | Gattis
Coauthor:
Christian | Cook, Robby | King, Phil | Murphy | O'Day | et al.
Last Action:
02/14/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the enforcement of immigration laws.
Author:
Creighton | Callegari | Phillips | Taylor | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | Flynn | Hancock | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
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:
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:
Paxton | Bailey | Flynn | Eiland
Coauthor:
Christian | Hughes | King, Phil | Macias | Miller | et al.
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Returned to committee
Caption:
Relating to the reporting of expenditures for lobbying and legislative communication by local governmental entities.
Author:
Zedler | Flynn | Paxton
Coauthor:
Christian | King, Phil
Last Action:
05/02/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the identification information required of applicants for a driver's license or for certain public benefits, public services, or governmental employment.
Author:
Woolley | Corte, Frank | Callegari | Cook, Robby | Orr
Coauthor:
Aycock | Brown, Betty | Christian | Crabb | England | et al.
Sponsor:
Janek
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Vetoed by the Governor
Caption:
Relating to the use of eminent domain authority.
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:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on 9/1/07
Caption:
Relating to funding for programs that support the development of healthy marriages or the strengthening of families.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to marriage education courses for couples considering divorce and the waiting period for a divorce on the grounds of insupportability.
Author:
Chisum | Flynn | Zedler | Davis, John | Brown, Betty
Coauthor:
Callegari | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crownover | Eissler | et al.
Sponsor:
Estes
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to certain requirements for issuance of a marriage license, including an optional premarital education course.
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:
Howard, Charlie | Chisum
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/08/2007 E Effective immediately
Caption:
Relating to voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools.
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:
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:
Paxton | Hughes | Taylor | Harper-Brown | Van Arsdale
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Bonnen | Callegari | Christian | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Left pending in subcommittee
Caption:
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding limitations on taxation and expenditures by the state government and local governments.
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.