Texas Legislature
Bills Coauthored
Number of Bills: 44
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:
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:
Berman | Brown, Betty | Crabb | Christian | Riddle
Coauthor:
Bonnen | Flynn | Jackson, Jim | Laubenberg | Zedler
Last Action:
01/29/2007 H Referred to State Affairs
Caption:
Relating to the eligibility of an individual born in this state whose parents are illegal aliens to receive state benefits.
Author:
Paxton
Coauthor:
Crabb | Davis, John | Hughes | Laubenberg
Sponsor:
Hegar
Last Action:
05/18/2007 S Committee report printed and distributed: May 18 2007 5:40PM
Caption:
Relating to the electronic database of major state contracts.
Author:
Branch | Dutton | Goolsby | Rose
Coauthor:
Cook, Robby | Darby | England | Farabee | Harless | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Postponed
Caption:
Relating to requiring a record vote by each house of the legislature on final passage of a bill, resolution to propose or ratify a constitutional amendment, or other nonceremonial resolution and to public notice of the record vote.
Author:
Chisum | Berman | Flynn | Christian | Macias
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Callegari | Cook, Byron | Howard, Charlie | Hughes | et al.
Last Action:
04/18/2007 H Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption:
Relating to the protection of life, including unborn life, from the point of fertilization; providing penalties.
Author:
Zedler
Coauthor:
Brown, Betty | Christian | Laubenberg | Miller | Paxton
Last Action:
05/08/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to the creation and dissolution of a covenant marriage.
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:
King, Phil | Farabee | Driver | Guillen | Ritter
Coauthor:
Berman | Christian | Cook, Byron | Crabb | Herrero | et al.
Last Action:
04/26/2007 H Considered in Calendars
Caption:
Relating to the rights and liabilities of an employer with respect to the carrying of a concealed handgun.
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:
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:
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:
King, Phil | Christian | Macias | Paxton | Crabb
Coauthor:
Aycock | Darby | Flynn | Harless | Harper-Brown | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
05/17/2007 S Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the procedures for registering to vote.
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:
Straus | Thompson | Keffer, Jim | Isett, Carl | King, Phil
Coauthor:
Anchia | Anderson | Aycock | Bohac | Branch | et al.
Sponsor:
Williams
Last Action:
06/15/2007 E Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Caption:
Relating to the discontinuation of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund.
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:
Smithee | Paxton | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Fred | Christian | Coleman | et al.
Last Action:
04/03/2007 H Left pending in committee
Caption:
Relating to the total revenue exemption for the franchise tax.
Author:
Berman | Bohac | Jackson, Jim
Coauthor:
Laubenberg | Murphy
Last Action:
02/12/2007 H Referred to Elections
Caption:
Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.
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:
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:
Howard, Charlie | Flynn
Coauthor:
Anderson | Berman | Brown, Betty | Callegari | Chisum | et al.
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Placed on General State Calendar
Caption:
Relating to prohibiting the transfer of an embryo except in an adoption proceeding; providing a penalty.
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:
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:
Christian
Coauthor:
Howard, Charlie | Laubenberg | Macias | Paxton
Last Action:
05/04/2007 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Caption:
Relating to procedures to help ensure that certain state agency actions are consistent with the meaning and intent of applicable legislative enactments.
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:
Paxton | Hughes | Eissler | Keffer, Jim | Bonnen
Coauthor:
Berman | Bohac | Christian | Crabb | Davis, John | et al.
Last Action:
05/15/2007 S Referred to Finance
Caption:
Relating to school district property tax rate reductions.
Author:
Hartnett
Coauthor:
Laubenberg
Last Action:
05/10/2007 H Laid on the table subject to call
Caption:
Relating to the waiting period for issuing a decree in certain suits for divorce.
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:
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:
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:
McClendon | McReynolds | Coleman | Truitt | Delisi
Coauthor:
Laubenberg | Zedler
Last Action:
04/19/2007 H Reported enrolled: Apr 19 2007 8:10AM
Caption:
Recognizing April as National Donate Life Month and commending organ donors and all those involved in the efforts to encourage organ donation.